Congo Airways enhances Embraer order with a pair of E195-E2s

African carrier Congo Airways has ordered another pair of Embraer E2 regional jets, with an agreement to take two E195-E2s. Congo Airways had previously ordered two of the smaller E190-E2. Embraer values the overall package of four aircraft at $272m, at catalogue prices. The Congo Airways order will be included in the Brazilian airframer’s fourth-quarter backlog figures for 2020. Deliveries are set to commence in 2022, although Embraer says it will continue to review the date with the airline. Congo Airways CE Desire Bantu says the airline sees an “opportunity in our market” for the operator to “emerge stronger”, despite the air transport crisis. “These new jets will allow us to extend our passenger and cargo operations regionally to high-demand destinations such as Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Abidjan,” he says. “We will have the flexibility, and the right-sized, most efficient aircraft, to serve our customers as the market returns.”<br/>