SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil,
May 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Embraer and American Airlines Inc. signed a firm order for
15 E175 jets with a 76-seat configuration. The contract has a value
of USD 705 million, based on current
list prices, and will be included in Embraer's 2018 second-quarter
backlog. Deliveries will take place in 2019 between March and
November.
Combined with the airline's three previous orders for the E175,
this new contract results in a total of 89 E175s for American
Airlines. The most recent order took place in October 2017 for ten aircraft.
"We are thrilled that the E175 continues to be the right
solution for American. This is American's fourth order for the E175
since 2013 and their repeat order demonstrates how well the
aircraft serves their business needs and the confidence they have
in our platform," said Charlie
Hillis, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, North America, Embraer Commercial
Aviation.
American Airlines selected Envoy, a wholly owned subsidiary of
American Airlines Group, to operate the 15 aircraft, which
will be configured with a total of 76 seats, being 12 in First
Class and 64 in Main Cabin, including Main Cabin Extra seats.
Including this new contract, Embraer has sold more than 400
E175s to airlines in North America
since January 2013, earning more than
80% of all orders in this 76-seat jet segment.
Since entering revenue service, the E-Jets family has received
more than 1,800 orders and over 1,400 aircraft have been delivered.
Today, E-Jets are flying in the fleet of 70 customers in 50
countries. The versatile 70 to 150-seat family is flying with
low-cost airlines as well as with regional and mainline
carriers.
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