LONDON – Last week the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer released a ‘teaser’ statement, announcing its brokering of a US$389 million-dollar deal with a mystery buyer.
This naturally raised speculations as to who the recipient airline might be, and that was most likely a part of Embraer’s strategy to stimulate further interest and focus.
The announcement last week outlined a delivery schedule of 2023 and 2024, though the purchaser remained undisclosed.
Apart from that, the only other hard clue dropped by Embraer at its first press release was simply that the undisclosed airline had “exciting new plans for future growth.”
Embraer have now confirmed that Spanish airline Binter is the customer of the most recent firm order for five E195-E2 aircraft.
The announcement last week outlined a delivery schedule of 2023 and 2024, though the purchaser remained undisclosed.
These aircraft will be added to the fleet of five jets already incorporated as of 2019 when Binter became the first European customer of the E195-E2. The list price value of the contract is US$389.4 million, which will be added to Embraer’s Q4 backlog.
Aircraft delivery schedule
The new general coordinator of Binter, Santiago Guerra, confirmed that the closed agreement exceeds 389 million dollars and that the first two units are scheduled to arrive in the Canary Islands in November 2023.
“A month later, in December, we will receive the other two and the last one, in April 2024”, he indicated.
“The experience acquired over the years confirms the excellent assessment that our customers make of this aircraft model, which fits very well with Binter’s longest routes and those with the highest volume of passengers, and the arrival of new jets will allow us to expand the offer of routes and destinations that we have right now,” he concluded.
About Binter Canarias
Binter Canarias S.A. is the flag carrier of the Spanish Canary Islands, and is headquartered on the grounds of Gran Canaria Airport in Telde, Gran Canaria.
The airline also operates out of Tenerife North Airport, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain. Binter a regional air carrier operating inter-island services within the Canary Islands, and other Atlantic islands.
It also operates to the Spanish Mainland and some European destinations, mainly in France and Italy with its brand-new Embraer E2, having been the launch customer for the 195 series.
Affiliated airlines also operate on behalf of Binter in services to Morocco, Mainland-Spain, Portugal and Western Sahara.
The first new Embraer E195-E2 aircraft entered passenger service in December 2019, Binter Canarias being the European launch customer. Further to that, the airline further converted options for this type to firm orders.
According to Planespotters, Binter currently operates 5 Embraer E2 aircraft and 27 ATR 42/72 regional twin turboprop commuter aircraft.
