The aircraft will be deployed with EgyptAir’s regional subsidiary, EgyptAir Express. Deliveries are scheduled to commence from 2009. The carrier’s E170s will configured in a single-class layout, with 76 leather seats. The aircraft will be deployed on the carrier’s primary and secondary routes and “will be fully integrated with domestic and regional markets.”

The E170 is the first aircraft of the four-member E-Jets family, and entered revenue service in Mar-04. As of 31-Dec-07, the E170/190 E-Jet family hadlogged 764 firm orders and 786 options from more than 40 customers in 25 countries on five
continents, and had surpassed 1.2 million flight hours.