EMBRAER DELIVERS FIRST EMBRAER 190 JET TO MOZAMBIQUE’S LAM
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The airline also joins Embraer’s Pool Flight Hour program
São José dos Campos, July 31, 2009 –
Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 190
jet, today, to Mozambique flag carrier
LAM – Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique,
during a ceremony held at Embraer’s
headquarters in Sao José dos Campos,
Brazil. The deal was announced in
October 2008 and includes firm orders
for two EMBRAER 190s, plus two
purchase rights.
“It is a great pleasure to deliver the first EMBRAER 190 to a new operator on the African
continent,” said Mauro Kern, Embraer Executive Vice President, Airline Market. “We are
proud to be playing a key part in LAM’s fleet modernization and to contribute to the airline’s
network expansion in their home market and in the southern region of Africa.”
LAM’s EMBRAER 190 is configured in a dual-class layout, featuring nine seats in business
class and 84 in economy. The aircraft will be based in the capital of Mozambique, Maputo,
and will replace older narrowbody jets operated for domestic routes, mainly in the cities of
Nampula and Pemba. It will also be used for regional flights to Luanda (Angola), Dar Es
Salaam (Tanzania), Nairobi (Kenya), Johannesburg, and in the near future, Cape Town (South
Africa), and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).
“We are eager to introduce the first EMBRAER 190 in the region,” said José Ricardo Viegas,
Chairman of LAM’s Board of Directors. “We have chosen this jet to replace our larger
aircraft to better serve our customers and offer more frequencies, new routes and a good level
of comfort and space in the cabin. I’m sure that our passengers will appreciate the
comfortable interior, and the layout with no middle seat will be a popular feature.”
LAM also signed an Embraer Pool Flight Hour Program service contract to easily and
effectively support its EMBRAER 190 jet fleet. The pool program quickly provides
replacement aircraft parts and eliminates the need for inventory investments, once Embraer
assumes the responsibility for maintaining an inventory at its distribution and service centers,
in order to provide parts to operators as soon as they are requested.
About LAM – Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique
LAM – Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique was founded in 1936 as DETA, a division of the Ports and
Railways Services of Mozambique, and was gradually transformed, over the years, into the
administratively and financially autonomous Limited Company, which it is today. The State holds 91% of the company’s shares, and managers, technicians and LAM workers own the remaining 9%.
LAM’s main aim, as a public company, is to provide passenger, freight and mail service on
regional, national and international routes. At its headquarters in Maputo, the airline presently
employs 677 workers and it has offices, or other forms of representation, throughout the
country and abroad, flying with four jets and two turboprops. For more information on LAM,
go to www.lam.co.mz.
