Overview
- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation granted Type Certification for Embraer’s E‑Jets family on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, formally allowing E190, E195 and the next‑generation E195‑E2 to be registered and flown in India.
- Embraer says the E195‑E2 is a quiet, fuel‑efficient small narrowbody with long endurance and 2x2 seating that can operate from short or lower‑strength runways, which makes it suited to routes too large for turboprops and too small for bigger narrowbodies.
- The clearance removes a legal hurdle under Rule 50 of the Aircraft Rules, 1937 and lets Indian carriers consider deploying E‑Jets on underserved and regional routes supported by the government’s UDAN connectivity scheme.
- The E175 is already certified and flown in India by Star Air, and an expanded Adani Defence & Aerospace–Embraer MoU to explore a Final Assembly Line for the E175 under the RTA programme remains an ongoing commercial and industrial prospect.
- The E195‑E2 had prior clearance from FAA, EASA and Brazil’s ANAC and Embraer already has nearly 50 aircraft operating in India, so the DGCA approval removes a regulatory block that could prompt fleet decisions, route testing and modest local investment.