The Embraer E195 can fly up to 2,300 nautical miles (4,260 km) as a ferry flight with no payload. With a full load of passengers and cargo, the range drops to approximately 1,800 nm (3,334 km). At its cruise speed of 447 kt, that's about 5h 9m of non-stop flying at ferry weight, or 4h 2m fully loaded.

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The E195 is the largest first-generation E-Jet, adding 1.7 metres over the E190 for up to 124 seats - close enough to the A319's capacity to compete on routes where both aircraft are considered. It found operators in Europe (Austrian Airlines, Belavia) and South America (Azul, Avianca) where the step from regional to narrow-body operations needed a transition aircraft. The E195's dual-class configuration - typically 8 business and 108 economy - gave it a genuine mainline feel that the E170/E175 struggled to project.

Austrian Airlines used the E195 to replace older Fokker 70s on European point-to-point routes, specifically valuing the aircraft's 2-2 seating as a selling point on business routes where passengers pay for a guaranteed aisle or window seat. Belavia operates it on Eastern European routes where load factors on a larger narrowbody would be marginal. The aircraft has been commercially adequate but not dominant - sitting awkwardly between the mainline narrowbody and the regional jet in a size category that neither Airbus nor Boeing has historically contested aggressively.

The arrival of the E195-E2 with dramatically better fuel efficiency effectively obsoletes the first-generation aircraft for new buyers, and Embraer has concentrated its commercial attention on the E2 family. The -195 will continue flying as long as operators find it economical, but its production days are behind it.

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