LAM, known as Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique, is retiring its Embraer planes. According to the company, the decision was made to reduce costs with its aircraft fleet, simplifying it.
The state-owned airline will try to sell its two Embraer E190AR aircraft, which are equipped with 94 seats. Complicated for the company, however, will be to get customers for the E-Jet, due to the large offer of used planes on the market.
The company's ideal operation, according to the of the State Participation Management Institute (IGEPE), Raimundo Matule, is to operate with only two aircraft models.
For this reason, LAM will continue with its two 737-700 aircraft, together with two Dash 8-400 aircraft, which will be used in regional destinations, where the 737 cannot operate due to infrastructure limitations.
The company mainly hopes to reduce the cost of maintaining its fleet of aircraft by simplifying the number of manufacturers.
Interestingly, it was with an Embraer E190, delivered by the Brazilian manufacturer to LAM, that an accident occurred in 2013. The aircraft ed C9-EMC was operating Flight 470, from Maputo to Luanda, on November 29, 2013, when the captain of the plane locked himself in the cockpit and intentionally dropped the plane to the ground in Bwabwata National Park, Namibia.
The pilot's in-flight suicide resulted in 33 deaths.
