Embraer E190
New wing, bigger engines — the E-Jet that took on mainline jets · First flight 2004 · In service 2005
The E190 is more than a stretch. Alongside a fuselage 4.6 m longer than the E175's, it has a new, larger wing, a bigger horizontal tail, two overwing emergency exits and the more powerful GE CF34-10E engine. The first E190 flew on 12 March 2004.
New York low-cost airline JetBlue signed up as launch customer in 2003 and took its first aircraft in 2005. On 6 November 2008 a JetBlue E190 flew the type's longest recorded flight, 2,694 nmi from Anchorage to Buffalo, after a campaign charter. Air Canada flew 45 of them until May 2020, and American Airlines also retired its fleet that year.
Around 570 were delivered. Australia's Alliance Airlines is now the largest operator, many of its aircraft bought second-hand from American and JetBlue, while KLM Cityhopper and Helvetic Airways fly the E190 across Europe. The Lineage 1000 business jet is built on the same airframe.
