Embraer Reveals Upgrades Across its Commercial E-Jet Range

July 23, 2024

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Embraer has revealed wide ranging upgrades and performance improvements across its commercial jet product line up. The upgrades on the E195-E2, E190-E2, and E175, including fuel burn and range improvements, avionics and cabin upgrades, were announced at the Farnborough Air Show today. As well as improving operational effectiveness these measures also deliver a net present value of US$6million per aircraft over 15 years in cost reduction and additional revenue.  

Arjan Meijer, President and CEO, Embraer Commercial Aviation, said, “We aim to continually improve our aircraft and these upgrades announced today – reducing fuel burn and emissions; increasing range; improving the passenger and cabin experience; and adding new technology and connectivity – is great news both for our customers and their guests.  Embraer is committed to providing the safest, most efficient, most comfortable, and most commercially savvy jets to our customers.”

E175 improvements – adding E2 features

• Larger overhead bins and mood lighting
• Multi-band satellite connectivity
• Recaro Seats
• Next generation weather and data avionics

The E175 is also receiving a set of upgrades following its last update in 2016 which improved fuel burn by 6.4%. The improvements, available to customers upon request, focus on the cabin and passenger experience, as well as updating some avionics to be more in line with the E2’s.

The E175’s overhead luggage bin capacity will double in size to be similar to those on the E2, now fitting one bag ‘wheels first’ per customer as in the E2. Mood cabin lighting as seen on the E2 will also become available, as will new Recaro seats.

Satellite connectivity will soon be available for the first time on the E175, a major boost for business travelers and those that want to stay connected in the sky. Both Ku and Ka band satellite connectivity will be available for retrofit by 2026.

Finally, data transfer solutions and the weather radar will be upgraded to match the capabilities of the E2. This will enable digital transformation and wireless retrieval of flight data and will be available by Q4/2024The next generation weather radar provides turbulence detection and alert, predictive windsheer detection, and 3-D volumetric scanning and will be available by Q2/2026.

 

Source : Embraer