ATLANTIC EXPRESS, sister company of Atlantic Airlines, has negotiated a 12 month exclusive agreement with German airline Air Omega for an EMB120 Brasilia in full cargo configuration. The Brasilia carries a maximum payload of 3500kg and has a range of 1500nm. With a large cargo door and fully refurbished cargo cabin the Brasilia was brought on line to supplement Express's existing fleet of Metro, Cessna 406 and Citation. Express identified the Brasilia as the logical step up from the Metro 3 based on customer requests for an aircraft that could take slightly higher pallets and weight than the workhorse Metro. The Coventry based operator plans to introduce a 30 passenger version of the pressurised regional propjet in August. http://atlanticexpress.co.uk