30-03-15 15:52 pm – Source: Het Parool
The new Embraer. © KLM
KLM buys seventeen new aircraft for subsidiary KLM Cityhopper. The aircraft, of the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer will replace the aging Fokker 70 from 2018
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According to CEO Pieter Elbers KLM shows the purchase that the society despite the cuts currently being implemented, will continue to invest. “It is not just to replace old aircraft, we also increase our capacity. The Embraes can carry more passengers per flight than the Fokker 70, which have eight seats less than the E175. “
Embraer made the deal announced this afternoon. KLM getting the aircraft between 2016 and 2018. It is about fifteen Embraer 175, which can carry 88 passengers. Cityhopper will use them for the 300 daily flights from regional airports in Europe to Schiphol.
Cityhopper fly for years with the larger variant, the Embraer 190 (100 passengers) who previously replaced the Fokker 100. Of these there are two ordered now. In 2018 Cityhopper has over 30 E190 and 15 E175′s. In addition, the company has partnered with Air France Daughter Hop! taken an option on another 15 Embraer 175.
Alternatives
That the company already has good experience with the device, according to KLM CEO Peter Elbers also been decisive in the choice of the new type. “We looked at alternatives to the Canadian Bombardier and Japan’s Mitsubishi. At the last factor was that the Mitsubishi is still in development.
The fifteen years ago developed device is also much more economical and efficient than the old breeders, who in the early nineties were purchased by KLM. The replacement of the F70′s means that KLM for the first time in 80 years with no more Fokker aircraft will fly.
KLM and Embraer not disclose how much money the order is delivered. The order, according to the official price of the aircraft, worth around 510 million euros
(By: Herman Silent).
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