LOT Polish Airlines to add three Embraer E195-E2s
LOT Polish Airways will add the Embraer E195-E2 to their fleet to reinforce operational flexibility and accommodate community enlargement. LOT will lease three new E195-E2 from Azorra, reaffirming their dedication to sustainable progress with the addition of the 25% extra environment friendly E2 to their fleet. The primary jet will arrive by the tip of July this yr, with all plane deliveries accomplished in Q3 2024.
LOT requires a versatile answer for its capability wants because the airline’s community grows. The E2 permits a seamless transition over just some days for LOT’s present E1 flight crews, and gives a spacious and comfy cabin expertise for passengers, delivering an unmatched journey expertise with no center seats. The brand new E2s additionally add flexibility, complementing LOTs bigger slim physique plane at comparable seat prices.
“Embracing the longer term with a nod to our pioneering previous, we’re happy to announce the lease of three state-of-the-art Embraer E195-E2 jets from Azorra. This enhancement to our fleet not solely marks our continued dedication to sustainable aviation but additionally celebrates our partnership with Embraer for the reason that introduction of the primary E-jet in 2004. With the E195-E2’s effectivity and passenger consolation, we’re set to reinforce our community, introducing further frequencies to chosen locations” – mentioned Michał Fijoł, CEO of LOT Polish Airways.
Arjan Meijer, President and CEO, Embraer Industrial Aviation, mentioned, “LOT is a pioneer airline, the worldwide launch buyer for the E-jets, and although 90 airways have since operated the plane – the primary is all the time particular. LOT’s first transfer into the E2 is a vital second for Embraer. We’re celebrating LOT’s first E2s, the twentieth anniversary of the E-jet program, and our 25-year relationship with Poland’s flag provider – the primary Embraer plane delivered to LOT was the ERJ145 in 1999. We stay up for our continued partnership with LOT, together with the brand new alternatives for the E2 – probably the most gas environment friendly, quietest, and least expensive jet to function within the small narrowbody section.”
John Evans, CEO and founding father of Azorra, mentioned: “As an present buyer to Azorra, we’re proud to assist LOT in its strategic progress and operation of one of many youngest fleets in Europe. These new E195-E2s from our orderbook provide demonstrable advantages for LOT, lowering gas burn, carbon emissions and working prices, whereas enhancing passenger consolation. We thank Embraer and Pratt & Whitney for his or her ongoing partnership as we proceed to increase the E2’s buyer base.”
The airline will configure the E195-E2 plane in a snug structure with 136 seats.
LOT was the primary operator of the brand-new E-jet in 2004. The primary flight, on seventeenth March 2004, was accomplished by an E170 from Poland’s capital to Vienna. The 85-minute, 520km flight to Vienna marked the start of the extraordinary success of Embraer’s new plane household; the 1800th E-jet in this system, an E190-E2, was lately delivered to a buyer within the Center East.
At this time LOT has a fleet of 43 E-jets making it one of many largest operators of E-jets in Europe. Up to now, LOT’s E-jet fleet has flown 850million kilometres, over 1.4m flight hours, and has carried greater than 60m passengers – virtually twice the inhabitants of Poland.