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Embraer E190F Freighter Wins Aviation Week Program Excellence Award in the OEM Category

Embraer has today announced that their E190F Freighter has won the Aviation Week Program Excellence Award in the OEM category.   


Embraer Team Members Celebrate Winning the Aviation Week Program Excellence Award in the OEM category for Their E190F Freighter Program - Courtesy Embraer 
Embraer Team Members Celebrate Winning the Aviation Week Program Excellence Award in the OEM category for Their E190F Freighter Program - Courtesy Embraer 

On Thursday (March 19, 2026), Embraer announced that their E190F Freighter program has won the 2026 Aviation Week Program Excellence Award in the OEM category.  The Aviation Week Program Excellence Awards honor programs that demonstrated exceptional performance, extending their impact well beyond technical milestones.  The E190F was launched to meet the changing demands of e‑commerce and modern trade, which require fast deliveries and decentralized operations, driving demand for rapid shipment distribution to secondary and tertiary markets.  The jet was developed to fill a gap in the air cargo market and to replace older, less efficient models.


In Thursday’s announcement, Embraer’s Program Director – Commercial Aviation, Marcelo Tocci, said,


“The E-Freighter Program represents a new frontier for Embraer and the global air cargo market. In 29 months, our teams and partners worldwide transformed the proven E‑Jet platform into a highly capable, fully certified freighter designed to meet the specific demands of today’s e‑commerce logistics.  With its exceptional payload, range, and turnaround performance, the E190F will help connect smaller cities, open new routes, and offer operators a modern, sustainable, and economically compelling solution.”


Embraer’s converted passenger-to-freight E-Jets offer over 40 percent more capacity, three times the range of large cargo turboprops, and up to 30 percent lower operating costs than larger narrowbodies.  When combining lower and main-deck capacities, the maximum structural payload is 13,500 kg.


Headquartered in Brazil, Embraer is a global aerospace company and one of the leading manufacturers of aircraft up to 150 seats, with more than 100 customers worldwide.  The company maintains industrial units, offices and service/parts distribution centers across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe.  Embraer also has businesses in Executive Aviation, Defense & Security, and Agricultural Aviation.  Since the company’s founding in 1969, Embraer has delivered over 9,000 aircraft.  Today, an Embraer aircraft takes off on average every ten seconds, carrying over 145 million passengers annually. 


 

Source: Embraer

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