Embraer announced a firm order from
SkyWest, Inc. for 20 E-Jets on Monday. The order has a value of $914
million, based on current list prices, and will be included in
Embraer's 2017 third-quarter backlog. Combined with last month's
announcement for 25 new aircraft, Monday's order results in a
cumulative order of 45 new aircraft placed by SkyWest with Embraer in
2017.
Of the 20 aircraft, SkyWest will
receive 15 E175 SC (Special Configuration) aircraft, in a 70-seat
configuration. The E175 SC aircraft features an E175 airframe, which
can be retrofitted to 76 seats in the future. SkyWest will also
receive five E175s, in a 76-seat configuration, similar to aircraft
SkyWest
has previously ordered.
Including this new contract, Embraer
has sold more than 380 E175 jets to airlines in North
America since January 2013, earning more than 80 percent of
all orders in the 76-seat jet segment. Since entering revenue service, the
E-Jets family has received more than 1,700 orders and over 1,300
aircraft have been delivered. Today, E-Jets are flying in the fleets
of 70 customers in 50 countries.
