Belarus’s Belavia adds maiden E195-E2

Belavia (B2, Minsk National) has taken delivery of its first of three E195-E2s on order from Embraer (EMB, Sao Jose dos Campos). EW-555PO (msn 19020042) was ferried from Sao Jose dos Campos to Minsk National via Recife and Malaga over the course of December 22/23. A Belavia statement said its sisterships are expected to arrive in February and April 2021. All three are leased from AerCap and feature nine seats in business class and 116 in economy. The state-owned carrier plans to deploy the type on flights to London Gatwick, Barcelona El Prat, ​​Nur-Sultan Nazarbayev, Munich, Paris CDG, Adler/Sochi, and Amsterdam Schiphol. According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, Belavia’s mainline fleet entails five E175s, seven E195s, two CRJ200s, four B737-300s, four B737-500s, and nine B737-800s.