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Brazilian airframer highlights ways of carrying cargo in the passenger cabins of its airliners

14th August 2020

By: Rebecca Campbell

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Brazilian aerospace group Embraer, the world’s top manufacturer of airliners with up to 150 seats, has announced that it has developed ways for airlines to carry cargo on the passenger decks of its aircraft. This is to help meet the great demand for more air cargo capacity, which has resulted from the great decrease in passenger flights (as airliners carry cargo as well as people), caused by measures taken by many countries in attempts to counter the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Embraer’s engineers rose to the challenge when our customers asked them if they could find a way for their Embraer airplanes to carry more cargo payload,” reported Embraer Services & Support president and CEO Johann Bordais. “Today, customers can choose from a portfolio of solutions to carry cargo in the cabins of their EMB 120s, ERJ 145s and E-Jets.”

The Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency has granted exemptions allowing for the carrying of extra cargo on Embraer’s commercial aircraft. The company has published its Technical Dispositions, explaining how to embark freight in the cabins of the ERJ 145 and E-Jet (including the new-generation E-Jet E2) families of jet airliners. For the turboprop EMB 120, this information is provided in a service bulletin.

Various options are available to operators. In the basic option, the aircraft can remain in full airliner configuration, with cargo placed (in the case of small packages) in overhead bins and other stowage compartments and, with some restrictions, put on passenger seats. Operating in this manner, an E190 with 96 seats and fully loaded can carry 3 t of cargo in its cabin, as well as the cargo in its belly hold. For an E195 with 118 seats, that cabin cargo capacity rises to 3.75 t.

In a more comprehensive option, up to 70% of an aircraft’s passenger seats can be removed and cargo can be carried on the cabin floor. The freight has to be contained using approved netting, which is attached to the inboard and outboard seat racks. This approach has already been applied to an E195 for Brazilian operator Azul Cargo. This gives a cargo payload capacity of 0.8 t for the ERJ 145 and of 2.36 t for the E190-E2.

For the EMB 120, Embraer has issued a service bulletin covering the conversion of its cabin to a full cargo configuration. The company could do this for its jet types as well, if its customers require it.

The EMB 120, also known as the Brasília, is a twin-turboprop 30-seat airliner, which was produced from 1984 to 2001 and is still widely used and supported by Embraer. Rear Fuselage The ERJ 145 was the company’s first jet airliner, with twin engines mounted on the rear fuselage and carrying 50 passengers. It led to a family of regional jets, which also comprised the 37-seat ERJ 135 and the 44-seat ERJ 140, with almost 900 of all three versions having been delivered so far. The ERJ 145 also gave rise to the Legacy business jet and the R-99 strategic reconnaissance platform.

The E-Jet family represented a major step-up for Embraer, significantly larger than the ERJ 145 family, with their twin engines mounted beneath their wings. The E-Jets comprise the 66-seat to 78-seat E170, the 76-seat to 88-seat E175, the 96-seat to 114-seat E190 and the 100-seat to 124-seat E195. The original E-Jet family has been followed by the new-generation E-Jet E2 family, with new engines, new wings and other refinements, significantly reducing operating costs. The E-Jet E2 family comprises the 80-seat to 90-seat E175-E2, the 97-seat to 114-seat E190-E2 and the 120-seat to 146-seat E195-E2. The E195-E2 is Embraer’s biggest airliner.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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