São Paulo – Embraer showed two planes at the first edition of the aviation fair Saudi International Airshow, held this Tuesday (12) until Thursday (14) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Brazilian aerospace conglomerate presented the executive jet Legacy 500 and the commercial aircraft E190-E2, from the new generation of its regional jets portfolio.
The company’s space received a visit from prince Sultan Bin Salman Al Saudi, president of Saudi Space Agency and Saudi Aviation Club, which organized the show.
Sultan is the second son of the king Salman Bin Abdulaziz. He was a pilot of the Royal Saudi Air Force and an astronaut, having participated in the Discovery space shuttle mission on 1985.
Brazilian ambassador in Riyadh, Marcelo de Della Nina (center, cover photo), also visited Embraer at the show and talked with executives of the company.
At the commercial aviation field, Embraer have already sold 18 regional jets to Saudi Arabia, 15 to Saudi Arabian Airlines and three to Nas Air.
The event in Riyadh featured 265 exhibitors from different countries and approximately 1,500 aviation professionals. More than 80 aircrafts of different sizes were shown.
According to information from the show’s organizers, 30% of the planes registered in the Middle East are from Saudi Arabia. The expectation of the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia is that the annual passenger traffic in the country reaches 100 million by 2020.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
