Summary
- TUI fly Belgium and Porter have added latest long Embraer E195-E2 routes.
- But Lagos to Johannesburg stays primary globally; it competes directly with the Airbus A340-300.
- Porter will operate five of the highest seven services this winter.
The world has gained three latest Embraer E195-E2 routes. Starting this winter, they’re throughout 2,000 miles (3,219 km) and make the highest seven list.
2,000+ miles and five+ hours
The longest seven routes are summarized in the next table. Canada’s Porter announced West Coast US service from Toronto Pearson on October third, with day by day service using its 132-seat E2s to San Francisco and Los Angeles starting in January.
Photo: Toronto Pearson International Airport
They got here shortly after leisure carrier TUI fly Belgium added Antwerp to Tel Aviv with its 136-seat E2s. Renowned for diamonds, Antwerp is Belgium’s second most populous city. Attributable to the airport’s very short runway (4,954 feet, 1,510 meters), TUI only uses the E2 there.
Rank |
Miles (km) |
block time* |
Route |
Airline |
Winter flights |
Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
2,803 (4,511) |
6h 20m |
Lagos-Johannesburg |
Air Peace |
Weekly |
Competes directly with SAA’s A340-300s |
2 |
2,259 (3,636) |
5h 52m |
Toronto Pearson-San Francisco |
Porter |
Day by day |
Begins January twenty fifth |
3 |
2,214 (3,562) |
5h 39m |
Ottawa-Vancouver |
Porter |
Day by day |
|
4 |
2,175 (3,501) |
5h 35m |
Toronto Pearson-Los Angeles |
Porter |
Day by day |
Begins January sixteenth |
5 |
2,100 (3,380) |
5h 21m |
Toronto Pearson-Victoria |
Porter |
Day by day |
|
6 |
2,085 (3,355) |
5h 19m |
Toronto Pearson-Vancouver |
Porter |
Five day by day |
|
7 |
2,033 (3,271) |
5h 25m |
Antwerp-Tel Aviv |
TUI fly Belgium |
Twice-weekly |
Begins December 14th |
* Either direction |
Air Peace to Johannesburg
Air Peace’s Lagos to Johannesburg service is just in need of the three,000 miles (4,828 km) I consider long-haul. For easy context, the route only covers about 10% less distance than London Heathrow-Lagos and is sort of the identical distance as Recent York JFK-Quito.
time, evaluation of Flightradar24 data for the reason that start of September shows that Air Peace had a maximum duration of 6h 5m to South Africa and 6h 6m back. Each were only barely shorter than the utmost block time.
Photo: Embraer
The airport pair is near the utmost range of the E2. In line with Embraer, the limit with a full load of passengers in a single-class configuration is 2,992 miles (4,815 km); I converted the gap from nautical miles.
Nonetheless, that is the theoretical or brochure range with all the things optimized. The range will likely be lower in real-world situations depending on an airline’s aircraft configuration, overall weight on specific flights, winds, exact routings, airport elevations and temperatures, etc. For Air Peace, the additional baggage that might be commonplace to/from Nigeria must even be considered.
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Payload restricted
Air Peace’s E2s only have 124 seats, somewhat than the max of 146 in a single class configuration. They might, due to this fact, be much lighter, meaning less fuel consumption and increased range.
Photo: Embraer
Despite this, it inevitably has a payload restriction, particularly back to Nigeria. The long distance wouldn’t be helped by reduced take-off performance from Johannesburg due to airport’s relatively high elevation and hot summers. This implies fewer passengers from which to interrupt even, so there may be a have to charge higher fares. In point of fact, Air Peace’s flights are unlikely to sell out anyway.
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