JAPAN AIRLINES’ subsidiary J-AIR has taken delivery of its tenth Embraer 190. The jet, JA250J (c/n 19000741), was ferried from the manufacturer’s São José dos Campos facility on October 27, arriving at the carrier’s Osaka/Itami base three days later.
The 95-seat dual-class jet is being put into service on flights from Itami to Hakodate and Aomori. These routes were previously flown by E170s, but growing demand has led to the need for a larger aircraft.
“We welcome the tenth E190 to the J-AIR family and we look forward to expanding J-AIR’s operations of the E190 on domestic routes mainly from Osaka (Itami) and Tokyo (Haneda) to deliver greater convenience and comfort to our customers” said Tetsuya Onuki, President of J-AIR. “The E190 fleet has demonstrated a very high service reliability, enabling us to deliver on our on-time promise.”