LOT Polish Airlines to Operate the Embraer 195 Jet

Airline Converts Four Embraer 175 Firm Orders to the Embraer 195

(Sao Jose dos Campos, May 11, 2010) -- Embraer has signed a contract with LOT Polish Airlines to convert four EMBRAER 175 firm orders to the EMBRAER 195 model. In the fourth quarter of 2007, the Polish airline placed an additional firm order for 12 EMBRAER 175 jets (at that time, the company operated six EMBRAER 170s and four EMBRAER 175s). Four aircraft were delivered in 2009 and four will be delivered by the end of this year. The four remaining jets were converted into firm orders for EMRBAER 195s, and the deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2011. The airline also holds two options and ten purchase rights for the EMRBAER 175.

"LOT's selection of the EMBRAER 195 is testimony of the airline's confidence in our E-Jets family," said Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva, Embraer Executive Vice President, Airline Market. "Sharing more than an 86 percent commonality with the EMBRAER 170 and EMBRAER 175, the EMBRAER 195 will continue meeting LOT's stringent requirements for cost efficiency and high levels of comfort and functionality."

LOT Polish Airlines was the first operator of the E-Jets family in Europe, flying out of its Warsaw hub with the EMBRAER 170, in March 2004. The EMBRAER 195, the largest of the four-member E-Jets family, will complement the airline's existing fleet of ten EMBRAER 170s (four leased) and ten EMBRAER 175s (two leased), expanding its European route network and replacing its narrowbody aircraft. The jets will be configured in a comfortable dual-class cabin layout with 112 seats.

"The E-Jets family is a pivotal element in our business plan to rationalize fleet development and to support our network expansion from the Warsaw hub," said Sebastian Mikosz, CEO of LOT Polish Airlines. "The EMBRAER 195, with the right seat capacity, will be used on our European network, enabling us to benefit from the E-Jets commonality to improve profits."

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