Manufacturer Rolls Out Jet at Its Main Assembly Facility
On Monday, Embraer opened the gates of its main Brazilian
manufacturing facility in Sao Jose dos Campos to roll out the
EMBRAER 190, the largest commercial airplane ever manufactured in
Brazil. The rollout ceremony was attended by Brazilian President
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Sao Paulo State Governor Geraldo
Alckmin, cabinet ministers, customers, partners and suppliers,
Brazilian and international news media as well as Embraer
employees.
The EMBRAER 190 seats 100 passengers at a generous four-abreast
32-inch pitch cabin -- or up to 108 in a higher density
configuration at 31-inch pitch. Embraer's newest airliner has
already attracted 100 firm orders from launch customer JetBlue
Airways, and another 10 firm order