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ASA Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in April 1987 An ASA CRJ-200 at Memphis International Airport.. Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) was a regional airline in the United States based in the A-Tech Center in College Park, Georgia, flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier on behalf of Delta Air Lines via a code sharing agreement and, as of ...
The EMB 110 has a service ceiling of 21,500 feet (6,600 m). [9] During the 1970s, Embraer opted to build on the success of the EMB 110 by designing an enlarged derivative of the aircraft, designated as the EMB 120 Brasilia; beyond being large enough to accommodate up to 30 passengers, it was also faster and furnished with a pressurized cabin.
[3] [4] Uruguayan Air Force Embraer C-95 Bandeirante (FAU 580). This particular aircraft, now on display at the "Cnel (Av.) Jaime Meregalli" aviation museum in Canelones, Uruguay, was the first aircraft exported by Embraer. EMB 111 Angola National Air Force of Angola Argentina Argentine Navy - leased by naval aviation during the Falklands War ...
American Airlines announced a massive order for new planes on Monday, splitting 260 new aircraft between Airbus, Boeing and Embraer in a move designed to meet growing travel demand and increase ...
American's wide-body aircraft are all Boeing airliners; however, nearly half of the airline's total fleet consists of Airbus aircraft. American Airlines is the world's largest operator of the 787-8, the smallest variant of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. [6] American exclusively ordered Boeing aircraft throughout the 2000s. [7]
Captain Mark Friedline, aged 34, had been hired by Atlantic Southeast Airlines ten years earlier in May 1981, and was fully qualified to fly three different commercial aircraft, including the EMB-120. At the time of the accident, he had accumulated an estimated 11,724 total flying hours, of which 5,720 hours were in the EMB-120.
By early 1985, in addition to Republic's DC-9 jet service, Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) had begun serving the airport as the Delta Connection on behalf of Delta Air Lines via a code sharing agreement with flights operated with Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante commuter turboprops on nonstop flights from Atlanta, Memphis and Tuscaloosa. [23]
While military aircraft made up the majority of Embraer's products during the 1970s and early 1980s, including the Embraer AT-26 Xavante and the Embraer EMB 312 Tucano, [citation needed] it debuted a regional airliner, the Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante, which made its first flight in 1968, [18] and the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, launched in 1985. [19]