Aircraft
Embraer Finalizes Orders from Republic Airways and Azul
Deal with Boeing again on hold following second Brazilian court injunction
Finalizing a letter of intent announced at the Farnborough airshow, Embraer has signed a contract with Republic Airways for a firm order for 100 E175s. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the second half of 2020. (Photo: Embraer)
Finalizing a letter of intent announced at the Farnborough airshow, Embraer has signed a contract with Republic Airways for a firm order for 100 E175s. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the second half of 2020. (Photo: Embraer)

Embraer has signed a contract with U.S. regional airline Republic Airways for a firm order for 100 E175s and with Brazil’s Azul Airlines for 21 E195-E2 jets. The deal finalizes the letters of intent that were announced at the Farnborough Airshow in July. The two sizable E-Jet orders will help the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer to achieve its goal to finish 2018 with a book-to-bill of around 1.5 and recover the backlog, which declined from 360 commercial jets as of mid-year to 251 at the end of September.