Aircraft
Embraer Won’t Yet Commit to E-Jet Successor
Notwithstanding Boeing’s apparent decision to re-engine the 737, Brazil’s Embraer still hasn’t decided what form a successor to its E-Jet series of airlin

Notwithstanding Boeing’s apparent decision to re-engine the 737, Brazil’s Embraer still hasn’t decided what form a successor to its E-Jet series of airliners would take and might not do so until the end of the year, CEO Frederico Curado said today during the company’s second quarter earnings call.

Embraer has long insisted that it would wait for Boeing first to decide on whether or not to re-engine the 737NG before it moves forward with a decision of its own. Boeing’s sale to American Airlines of 100 of its 737s re-engined with CFM Leap-X turbofans would appear to present Embraer with the answer it needed. Nevertheless, according to Curado, too many unknowns remain to reach any conclusions on the best course of action for Embraer.