E-Jet sales take off as Flybe places $5B order
Flybe yesterday placed what will likely be the biggest regional airliner deal of the Farnborough show week, committing to buy up to 140 Embraer 175 aircraf

Flybe yesterday placed what will likely be the biggest regional airliner deal of the Farnborough show week, committing to buy up to 140 Embraer 175 aircraft with a potential combined value of $5 billion. The contract signed here includes 35 firm orders (worth $1.3 billion), 65 options and 40 purchase rights.

The UK low-cost carrier will take its 175 jets configured in a single-class layout for up to 88 passengers with a 30-inch seat pitch. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2011. Flybe already operates 14 of the larger Embraer 195 aircraft.