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Dec 2, 2005 (newstodate): Finnair has announced its decision to order four more Embraer 190 to its fleet.
The airline has already started to receive the first of a batch of 12 Embraer aircraft ordered, and will have a total of 16 aircraft by the autumn of 2007.
Beyond this Finnair still holds options for additionally four Embraer aircraft.
Of the ordered aircraft, ten are 76 seat Embraer 170, and six are of the larger 190 model.
-The new aircraft will be used on European and domestic routes where demand does not require the use of our Airbus fleet. This way we can offer connections to new destinations for passengers on our Asian flights says Henrik Arle, Finnair COO and EVP Scheduled Passenger Traffic.
-At the same time the number of direct routes and frequencies from Finland to the rest of Europe increases. The five different sized aircraft of our two aircraft families bring flexibility in capacity management and thus improve load factors.
The Embraers will replace Finnair's remaining Boeing MD-80 aircraft by summer 2006.
The airline has already started to receive the first of a batch of 12 Embraer aircraft ordered, and will have a total of 16 aircraft by the autumn of 2007.
Beyond this Finnair still holds options for additionally four Embraer aircraft.
Of the ordered aircraft, ten are 76 seat Embraer 170, and six are of the larger 190 model.
-The new aircraft will be used on European and domestic routes where demand does not require the use of our Airbus fleet. This way we can offer connections to new destinations for passengers on our Asian flights says Henrik Arle, Finnair COO and EVP Scheduled Passenger Traffic.
-At the same time the number of direct routes and frequencies from Finland to the rest of Europe increases. The five different sized aircraft of our two aircraft families bring flexibility in capacity management and thus improve load factors.
The Embraers will replace Finnair's remaining Boeing MD-80 aircraft by summer 2006.