Aerolíneas Argentinas received today a new Embraer E-190 ERJ (Embraer Regional Jet) aircraft to add to the Austral Lineas Aereas fleet.

The new airplane-2013 model -, recently assembled in the plant that Embraer has in San José Dos Campos (São Paulo), was ordered to Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautics S.A. the third in importance in the construction of commercial aircraft in the world, behind Boeing and Airbus.

According to the Business Plan of 2010 / 2014, which provided for the renewal of all the company fleet, another E-190 will be incorporated next month and in this way the Austral fleet will own 22 next-generation aircraft. It should be remembered that the first twenty Embraer were received from September 2010 to September 2011, being the addition of aircraft by Aerolineas Argentinas, the most important in volume and time since the 1970s when it acquired twelve Boeing 737/200, which were delivered at the end of four years.

The E-190 is ideal to fly routes in within the country and the region since it has a range of 4,400 kilometers (2,400 nautical miles) and a configuration of 8 seats in business class and 88 in economy, which optimizes the coefficients of occupancy on flights. It has on board entertainment through individual video screens, and a “Pitch” (distance between seats) greater than any other aircraft of its kind.

These aircraft use modern technology fly-by-wire, which increases operational safety, and reduce the workload of pilots and fuel consumption. The Embraer E-190 can fly at a cruising speed of 0.82 Mach and at an altitude of up to 12,500 meters (41,000 feet).