AerCap places five E190-E2s with Air Astana

AerCap has confirmed the placement of five Embraer E190-E2 jets to Air Astana, the national carrier of Kazakhstan. The aircraft, on long term lease from AerCap’s order book with Embraer, will begin delivering to Air Astana in the last quarter 2018. AerCap is the launch lessor customer of Embraer’s E-Jets E2 second generation of this family of commercial aircraft with a total of 50 Embraer E190-E2s and E195-E2s on order. AerCap President and Chief Commercial Officer, Philip Scruggs, said, “We are very pleased to confirm our lease of five E190-E2 jets to Air Astana. The E2 aircraft offer greater range