Widerøe (WF, Bodø) has taken delivery of its first E190-E2 following the handing over of PR-EFL (msn 19020009). The aircraft will be ferried to Norway via Gran Canaria and Aberdeen Dyce with arrival scheduled for April 12.

It is scheduled to make its commercial debut for the Norwegian operator on flights between Bergen, Tromsø, and Bodø with Munich and Hamburg Helmut Schmidt (Germany) to follow.

As the type's launch operator, Widerøe has firm orders with Embraer (EMB, Sao Jose dos Campos) for three E190-E2s (due for delivery by 2021) and options for an additional twelve. Widerøe's E190-E2s are configured with 114 seats in a single-class layout.