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Montevideo, January 5th 2026 - 06:51 UTC

Tag: Embraer

  • Friday, December 26th 2025 - 22:03 UTC

    Brazilian eVTOL flying car performs unmanned flight

    The unmanned flight helped test the integration of essential aircraft systems

    Eve Air Mobility, a subsidiary of Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, has conducted the first flight of the full-scale prototype of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo state.

  • Wednesday, December 24th 2025 - 10:56 UTC

    Canadian carrier's rapid expansion boosts Embraer's performance

    Beyond Porter, Embraer has secured significant orders from other carriers

    Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer announced Tuesday the delivery of the 50th E195-E2 jet to Canadian carrier Porter Airlines, marking one of the most aggressive fleet expansions in the North American aviation sector.

  • Saturday, September 13th 2025 - 10:01 UTC

    Avelo Airlines buying 50 Embraer passenger jets

    The purchase is not reached by Trump's 50% tariffs

    US carrier Avelo Airlines has placed an order for 50 Brazilian-built Embraer E195 E2 jets for US$4.4 billion, it was announced this week. The purchase is not subject to President Donald Trump's 50% tariffs on products from the South American country.

  • Friday, August 1st 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Embraer not included in Trump's 50% tariffs

    Embraer's shares went up after the confirmation

    Brazil’s aircraft manufacturer Embraer will remain outside the scope of US President Donald Trump's 50% import tariffs after aircraft, engines, aviation parts, and components appear on the list of around 700 exempt products. Last week, the company reported that the tariff would render sales unfeasible.

  • Friday, July 18th 2025 - 10:19 UTC

    Embraer likens Trump's tariffs to Covid-19 slowdown

    Embraer has the potential to purchase US$21 billion in US equipment for the aircraft over the next five years, Gomes explained

    Brazillian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, the third-largest in the world behind Boeing and Airbus, estimated that the tariffs announced by the United States against Brazil could have an impact similar to that of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the company saw a 30% drop in revenue and had to reduce its workforce by around 20%.

  • 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.

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