Neither Boeing nor Airbus? Scoot gets Singapore's first Brazil-made jet off the ground
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SINGAPORE - It was a rare moment in his 20 years of flying commercial aircraft. As the Embraer E190-E2 plane touched down in Krabi, Thailand, after taking off from Changi Airport on May 7, Captain Darius Yeo was greeted with applause from passengers. The 46Neither Boeing nor Airbus? Scoot gets Singapore's first Brazil-made jet off the ground
SINGAPORE - It was a rare moment in his 20 years of flying commercial aircraft. As the Embraer E190-E2 plane touched down in Krabi, Thailand, after taking off from Changi Airport on May 7, Captain Darius Yeo was greeted with applause from passengers. The 46-year-old, who is the pilot in charge of Scoot's new E190-E2 fleet, was at the controls of the budget carrier's first Brazilian-made jet on its maiden commercial flight. While the 112-seat plane is smaller than the Airbus A320, Boeing 777 and double-deck Airbus A380 «superjumbo» he previously flew, the flight was no less significant. Made in Sao Jose dos Campos, a city in Brazil an hour from Sao Paulo, the E190-E2 is the first aircraft from manufacturer Embraer operated by a Singapore carrier. It is also the first time since the late 1990s that a carrier in the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group is flying a plane not supplied by Boeing or Airbus. For passengers, the main benefit besides the novelty and added option is the absence of a middle seat. Capt Yeo said the jet, touted as being the quietest in its class, has so far lived up to expectations.