EMBRAER has sold six of its new EMB 190 series aircraft to the Air France subsidiary Regional. The airline, based at Nantes, already operates 50 Embraer aircraft, including the EMB 145 commuter jet and the earlier Brasilia turboprop. Deliveries are scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2007. Regional say that they will be the initial European carrier to operate the 190 but in fact British budget airline FlyBe is due to take delivery of its first slightly larger 195 in September 2006. Regional have cancelled an order for seven Embraer 145s.
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