SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil,
Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Embraer today announced a firm order from SkyWest, Inc.
(SkyWest) (NASDAQ: SKYW) for 20 E-Jets. The order has a value of
USD 914 million, based on current
list prices, and will be included in Embraer's 2017 third-quarter
backlog. Combined with last month's announcement for 25 new
aircraft, today's order results in a cumulative order of 45 new
aircraft placed by SkyWest with Embraer in 2017.
Of the 20 aircraft, SkyWest will receive 15 E175 SC (Special
Configuration) aircraft, in a 70-seat configuration. The E175 SC
aircraft features an E175 airframe, which can be retrofitted to 76
seats in the future. SkyWest will also receive five E175s, in a
76-seat configuration, similar to aircraft SkyWest has previously
ordered.
Including this new contract, Embraer has sold more than 380 E175
jets to airlines in North America
since January 2013, earning more than
80% of all orders in the 76-seat jet segment.
Since entering revenue service, the E-Jets family has received
more than 1,700 orders and over 1,300 aircraft have been delivered.
Today, E-Jets are flying in the fleets of 70 customers in 50
countries. The versatile 70 to 130-seat family is flying with
low-cost airlines as well as with regional and mainline
carriers.
CONTACT:
Headquarters (Brazil)
Corporate Communications
press@embraer.com.br
Cell: +55 12 98152 4845
Tel.: +55 11 3841 6085
North America
Alyssa Ten Eyck
aeyck@embraer.co m
Cell: +1 954 383 0460
Tel.: +1 954 359 3847
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Guy Douglas
guy.douglas@nl.embraer.com
Cell: +31 (0)657120121
Tell: +31 (0)202158109
China
Mirage Zhong
mirage.zhong@bjs.embraer.com
Cell: +86 185 1378 5180
Tel.: +86 10 6598 9988
Asia Pacific
Nilma Missir-Boissac
nilma.boissac@sin.embraer.com
Cell: +65 9012 8428
Tel.: +65 6305 9955
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SOURCE Embraer S.A.