Aircraft
Horizon Air To Acquire 30 Embraer E175s in Largest Fleet Order
The 76-seat jet and Horizon's current fleet of Bombardier Q400 turboprops will operate alongside each other 'for the foreseeable future.'
Regional carrier SkyWest operates the Embraer E175 for Alaska Airlines under a capacity purchase agreement. (Photo: Alaska Air Group)
Regional carrier SkyWest operates the Embraer E175 for Alaska Airlines under a capacity purchase agreement. (Photo: Alaska Air Group)

Alaska Air Group subsidiary Horizon Air signed a firm order with Embraer to acquire 30 E175 regional jets, a transaction valued at $2.8 billion at list price. The order, announced on April 12, is Horizon’s largest fleet acquisition since its founding in 1981.