Tianjin Airlines buys 22 aircraft from Embraer

Brazilian aeronautical company Embraer will supply 22 jet aircraft to Tianjin Airlines, a subsidiary of the HNA Group, under a final contract signed this week, the company said in a statement.
The contract, worth USD1.1 billion, includes 20 E195 aircraft and two E190-E2 models, which makes the HNA Tianjin Airlines group the first Chinese airline to purchase E2 E-Jets aircraft.
The first E195 will be delivered in 2015 and the first E190-E2 has delivery scheduled for 2018. Tianjin Airlines is the carrier with the largest fleet of E-Jets in Asia, with a total of 50.
Tianjin was the Embraer client that launched the E190 aircraft in China, as well as the first Chinese company identified as an Authorised Service Centre in the country. The airline recently announced it had contracted the Embraer AHEAD-PRO (system for aircraft analysis and diagnosis) becoming the first user of the system in China.
The air carrier was launched as the first truly regional airline in China in 2009 and the following year changed its exclusively regional operating focus to a combination of major and regional routes. MDT/Macauhub