The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has given type certification for Embraer's E190-E2 and E195-E2 jets.
“This certification opens new opportunities for the aircraft, which has already attained significant success across the world,” said Embraer Commercial Aviation SVP for Africa and Middle East Stephan Hannemann. “Passengers can look forward to experiencing the E2's class-leading comfort very soon.”
Airlink CEO, de Villiers Engelbrecht, said: “South Africa’s type acceptance of the latest generation Embraer E195-E2 and its Pratt & Whitney engines by the SACAA are important milestones as we prepare to receive and take them into service. The E2’s additional capacity and range will let Airlink respond to increased demand on some of our most popular routes and extend our destination network so that we can provide convenient connections for customers in new markets."
Embraer said the type certification was “closely supported” by Pratt & Whitney, with the E2's PW1900G engines also certified in South Africa in parallel.