Embraer
On the opening day it was Embraer to launch it’s highly
anticipated EJet E2 family. Not surprisingly, the E195-E2 will be a stretch of
the current E195. Also no surprise that the E170 will not be continued and that
the E190-E2 will stay where it is, sizewise. The E175-E2 will be a little bit
larger in capacity, stretching it’s fuselage by 0.62m or 24.4inches. The effect
is that two more seats can be fitted and in a 1-class 31” layout there are now
88 seats compared to 86 seats in the current E175. This is exactly the figure
that Mitsubishi gives for the MRJ90 – any questions? With the same engine as
the MRJ will get, the same cabin capacity and a new wing (even larger now than
the MRJ wing) the fuel efficiency of the two aircraft should be very close to
each other. The MTOW of the E175-E2 is a little bit higher (44.33 t vs. 42.8t),
but the Embraer has more range, too (1920nm vs. 1780nm).
