LCC Growth Forcing European Regionals to Buy E-Jets
Tough cost battles in the market segment where regional airlines and low-cost carriers converge are driving demand
Tough cost battles in the market segment where regional airlines and low-cost carriers converge are driving demand for Embraer’s E-Jet series, according to the Brazilian airframer. At a “round-table” panel discussion with some of Embraer’s leading European operators, Simon Newitt, the company’s vice president for Europe, said that new sales continue to accumulate as airlines “right-size” their operations and exploit the E-Jets’ efficiencies to open new routes.
As of late October, Embraer’s firm order backlog for the E-Jet series (consisting of the E170, E175, E190 and E195 twinjets) amounted to 1,018. Including options, the total rises to almost 2,000. To date it has delivered some 770 of the jetliners.
