Manufactured by Embraer, Brazil. The first flew on July 27, 1983. It can carry up to 30 passengers. The fuselage has an internal diameter of 2,28 m, and chairs are arranged in a row on the 2 +1 scheme. The aircraft is equipped with two turboprop engines PW100 family of Pratt & Whitney, and had an initial designation PW115, which is when it starts in the series (and subsequent modifications) has been changed to PW118, PW118A, there are also modifications and PW118B with increased capacity. These motors offer a family line of motors PW100 (PW118, PW120, PW121, PW124, PW127) but, unlike the "older" brothers this motor is not equipped with a brake rotor, so the mode of MAT to work for can not be jammed. The aircraft is equipped with APU, mainly Garrett GTCP36-150AA. During the production from 1983 to 2001. was made more than 350 Embraer-120 aircraft of various options. To date, the aircraft of this type are actively bought Russian airline Atlant-Soyuz, and Region-Avia.