The delivery flight of HB-AZE, the youngest Embraer 190-E2 from Helvetic Airways, set a non-stop record for this type of aircraft. The regional jet flew from Natal in Brazil to Zurich in Switzerland in nine hours and ten minutes. The distance was 7.150 kilometers.

The flight took place under optimal conditions that cannot be compared with a passenger flight. Thanks to ideal weather conditions, the crew, consisting of José Alfredo Thomé Penna Jr. (Embraer pilot), Almir Suman de Azevedo (Embraer pilot), Giovanni Zanivan (Helvetic Airways pilot), Sebastian Fischer (Helvetic Airways mechanic) and Bruno Jans (Special Projects Helvetic Airways), their mission perfectly fulfilled.

The Embraer E190-E2 has a maximum take-off mass of 54 tons in passenger operation and can carry up to 110 passengers over 5200 km. Thanks to its impressive Pratt & Whitney engines of the latest generation (PW1900G), it can boast significantly lower kerosene consumption and, compared to the previous model, achieves a fuel reduction of more than 20 percent per seat.