Eastern Airways, which operates domestic flights from Bristol Airport, has taken delivery of a second Embraer 145 regional aircraft increasing the number in its fleet to four.
The move takes the UK’s second largest regional airline’s fleet to 30 aircraft consisting of a mix of jet and turbo-prop aircraft which are used on UK domestic services, French, Belgian and Norwegian scheduled flights and private charter services.
The new 49-seat Brazilian made Embraer 145 complements the two similar looking but shorter 37-seater Embraer 135 jets, which the company reintroduced in June 2010.
The new plane will be assigned predominantly to the charter flying programme serving blue-chip companies, oil and gas organisations, corporations, sports teams, the music industry, delegations and individual groups flying across the UK, Western and Eastern Europe.
The airline, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, started operating scheduled flights from Bristol in 2004 and provides daily services to Aberdeen and Leeds Bradford airports.
It is the largest operator of 29-seater British Aerospace Jetstream 41 aircraft in the world with 18. Its fleet also includes eight 50-seater Saab 2000 aircraft.
