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Spain's Binter Canarias orders five more E195-E2s

Binter Canarias (NT, Las Palmas) has confirmed that it was behind the recently announced order for five E195-E2s attributed to an undisclosed customer.

The Spanish regional specialist has thus doubled its E2 order book having ordered five E195-E2s from Embraer in October 2018 (initially split into three firm orders and two purchase rights), and taking delivery of the first one in December 2019 as the type's European launch operator. All five have already been delivered to the carrier. Two of the incremental E2s are scheduled to arrive in November 2023, a further two in December 2023, and the fifth in April 2024.

Besides the E195-E2s, Binter Canarias also operates five ATR72-500s and twenty-one ATR72-600s (of which 12 are operated by technical subsidiary Canarias Airlines (RSC, Las Palmas)). The airline has one more -600 on firm order from Avions de Transport Régional.

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Undisclosed customer orders five E195-E2s

Embraer (EMB, Sao Jose dos Campos) has announced that an undisclosed customer ordered five E195-E2s to support its "exciting new plans for future growth".

Four aircraft will be delivered in 2023, with the fifth scheduled for early 2024. The manufacturer did not provide any hints as to the customer's identity.

Embraer has so far built forty-two E195-E2s with a further 187 on order, the ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows. The type's largest existing customer is KLM cityhopper (WA, Amsterdam Schiphol) with 13 in its fleet, although eventually, Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, Sao Paulo Viracopos) is poised to become the leader with ten already in service and a further 54 on order.

France's Air Corsica adds first ATR72-600

Air Corsica (XK, Ajaccio) took delivery of the first of its five firm-ordered ATR72-600s on November 29, 2022.

F-HXKA (msn 1648) was delivered from Toulouse Blagnac to the carrier's main base at Ajaccio. It will be inducted into revenue service in early December, the airline told ch-aviation. The airline plans to take all five ATR72-600s by March 2023, replacing its five owned ATR72-500s. The carrier is the launch customer for the new-generation Pratt & Whitney PW127XT engines.

"ATRs are central to our model of air travel in Corsica. They have proven to be the right product for our short-haul operations, enabling us to limit our impact on the island's pristine environment and to meet our passengers' demand for quick, frequent, reliable, and yet lower emission air travel," President of Supervisory Board Marie-Hélène Casanova-Servas said.

The Corsican carrier has been operating Avions de Transport Régional turboprops since 1990, when it added the first ATR72-200s, the ch-aviation fleets history module shows. It currently also operates a...