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AZAL signs firm order for two Embraer-190 jets

16 July 2014 09:11 (UTC +04:00)

APA-Economics reports quoting Embraer Aircraft Industry Company that on July 15, Embraer announced that Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), the national carrier of Azerbaijan, had signed a firm order for two additional Embraer 190 jets.

The aircraft will be deployed on the carrier’s international network from Baku’s Heydar Aliyev International Airport (IATA code GYD) to especially Prague, Milan or Rome. With this order, AZAL will be operating six Embraer 190 aircrafts and two Embraer 170s.

Embraer values the AZAL order at $95.4 million at list prices.

“These additional E190s are the latest step in our renewal plan to replace turboprops and narrow-bodies on a number of routes within our schedules,” says Jahangir Asgarov, president and chairman of the board of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC. “We have received excellent feedback from our passengers who fly the E190s.

“In addition the aircraft offers excellent operating economics and provides us with the opportunity to open up new routes to European destinations”, Asgarov added.

AZAL fleet includes 7 Airbus A-320s, 4 Boeing-757-200s, 3 Airbus A-319s, 2 Boeing 767-300ERs and will have 4 Embraer-190s.