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Montevideo, May 14th 2025 - 23:27 UTC

Tag: Embraer

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

    Azerbaijan Airlines E-190's back boxes sent to Brazil

    Kazakhstan authorities decided to send the black boxes to Brazil's Cenipa for analysis

    Authorities said that the black boxes of the Brazilian-built Embraer 190 Azerbaijan Airlines jet that crashed on Wednesday in Kazakhstan will be sent to the manufacturing country's aviation watchdog to further investigate the causes of the accident near Aktau, a port on the Caspian Sea in western Kazakhstan, far from the aircraft's planned route.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 08:45 UTC

    Brazil aerospace industry receives strong loans to promote manufacturing and exports

    Uruguay has ordered six A29 Super Tucano fighters

    Uruguay has received a small transport aircraft, Brasilia, from Embraer, the big neighbor’s aircraft manufacturer, and also has an order for six A29 Super Tucanos fighters. Brasilia is a small communal transport of up to thirty passengers, but that can also be used for ambulance and rescue operations.

  • Monday, November 11th 2024 - 22:07 UTC

    Sweden picks Embraer C-390 for military logistics

    Sweden becomes the sixth NATO country to choose the South American-built model

    Sweden's Defense Ministry announced it has chosen the Brazilian-built Embraer C-390 Millennium as the country's new tactical transport aircraft. “Embraer is honored by Sweden's choice. After several countries belonging to the European Union and NATO selected the C-390, this decision confirms the fact that our multi-mission aircraft represents a tremendous advance in operational capability over previous generation tactical transport aircraft,” Embraer's CEO of Defense and Security Bosco da Costa Junior said.

  • Monday, July 22nd 2024 - 21:02 UTC

    Brazilian flying taxi model launched

    The estimated range is 100 kilometers, due to which it will be limited to urban transport, at least in the early stages

    A subsidiary of Brazilian aircraft manufacturers Embraer launched this weekend in Gavião Peixoto, in the State of São Paulo, the full-scale prototype of the new flying taxi, which was introduced during the 45th edition of the Farnborough Airshow in England. According to Eve, the company behind this development, the eVTOL model represents a leap in urban aerial mobility which will transform cityscapes by 2026.

  • Friday, July 19th 2024 - 06:41 UTC

    Paraguay to buy Embraer military aircraft to fight organized crime

    The Paraguayan Air Force already operates six AT-27 Tucano turboprops, the training aircraft that evolved into the Super Tucano

    Paraguayan Authorities have issued the necessary paperwork to launch the purchase process of six Brazilian-built Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft to be deployed in security and crime fighting, it was reported in Asunción Thursday.

  • Monday, April 29th 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Embraer announces investment for new plant

    Embraer “has always been a source of pride for this country,” Lula stressed

    Brazilian Aircraft manufacturer Embraer, arguably the world's third-largest, plans to invest R$ 2 billion (about US$ 390 million) in a new plant this year, it was announced last week before President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The manufacturer hired 1,500 new workers last year for a 19,000 labor force it had before the pandemic.

  • Thursday, November 23rd 2023 - 14:12 UTC

    UK Export Finance support for Brazil's Embraer

    On average, about every 10 seconds an aircraft manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world, transporting over 145 million passengers a year. (Pic Fabrizio Berni)

    Brazil's giant aircraft industry Embraer announced the closing of a Framework Agreement for a credit operation aimed at helping its customers purchase aircraft and air industry supplies with support from UK Export Finance (UKEF). UKEF is a British government agency focused on financing local exports, which will be the credit guarantor for future financial transactions.

  • Tuesday, July 25th 2023 - 08:25 UTC

    Brazilian plant to manufacture flying cars

    Eve Air Mobility is a subsidiary of Embraer

    Electric horizontal vertical takeoff and landing vehicles with room for up to five people are to be manufactured by Ever Air Mobility's plant 145 kilometers from the city of São Paulo, Embraer announced. The first deliveries of the so-called “flying cars” are due in 2026.

  • Wednesday, June 21st 2023 - 04:35 UTC

    Brazil sells 11 Embraer E-175 to Alaska Airlines and partially finances the operation

    Brazil's Development Bank (BNDES) is financing R$1.3 billion for the export of eleven Embraer E-175 commercial jets to Alaska Airlines, US fifth largest airline

    The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has granted financing of R$1.3 billion for the export of eleven Embraer E-175 commercial jets to Alaska Airlines, the fifth largest airline in the USA. The funding will cover a portion of Alaska’s investment in the aircraft purchase. Disbursements will be made in Brazilian Reais in Brazil, directly to Embraer.

  • Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 20:33 UTC

    Embraer remains on course with delivery of 33 aircraft in Q3

    Third-quarter revenue was US$ 17.8 billion, up 6 percent versus the same period in 2021

    Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer delivered 33 units in the third quarter of 2022 despite problems in the production chain, it was reported. So far this year, 79 aircraft came out, 27 commercial and 52 executive ones, against 86 in the same period of 2021.

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