New order brings Porter's firm orders to 75 E195-E2 – with 25
purchase rights
SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, Nov. 29,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Porter Airlines has exercised
purchase rights to place a firm order for 25 Embraer E195-E2
passenger jets, adding to their 50 existing firm orders. Porter
will use the new aircraft to extend its award-winning service to
destinations throughout North
America. The deal, valued at US$2.1bn at list price, will be added to the Q4
backlog, and brings Porter's orders with Embraer to 75 firm, with
25 purchase rights remaining.
Porter, the North American launch customer for Embraer's
E195-E2, has already taken delivery of 24 E195-E2s, and recently
announced new destinations including Las
Vegas, Miami, San Francisco, and Los Angeles; with destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean also planned. The aircraft are
currently deployed from Eastern
Canada, with a focus on Toronto Pearson International
Airport and Ottawa. Halifax and Montreal are also seeing new services with the
E195-E2. Porter has chosen to configure the 146-seat aircraft
in a comfortable 132-seat all-economy configuration, with a variety
of seat pitches on offer for their guests: 36, 34, and 30
inches.
Michael Deluce, President and CEO
of Porter Airlines said, "At Porter, we entered a new era when we
began operating the E195-E2 earlier this year. The jet is exceeding
our expectations, especially in terms of fuel burn, and delivering
an incredible level of customer satisfaction to our passengers with
a quiet, comfortable ride. These additional 25 orders enable us to
continue extending our reach throughout North America, with more exciting new
destinations."
Arjan Meijer, President and CEO
Embraer Commercial Aviation, said, "Porter Airlines is an exciting
disrupter delivering an elevated passenger experience that's
shaking up the North American market. Choosing the E2 to deliver an
upgraded service is a huge endorsement of the jet's comfort and
capabilities, and a further endorsement of the E2 - the world's
quietest and most fuel-efficient single-aisle aircraft."
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About Embraer
A global aerospace company headquartered in Brazil, Embraer has businesses in Commercial
and Executive aviation, Defense & Security and Agricultural
Aviation. The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets
aircraft and systems, providing Services & Support to customers
after-sales.
Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than
8,000 aircraft. On average, about every 10 seconds an aircraft
manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world,
transporting over 145 million passengers a year.
Embraer is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets up to 150
seats and the main exporter of high value-added goods in
Brazil. The company maintains
industrial units, offices, service and parts distribution centers,
among other activities, across the Americas, Africa, Asia
and Europe.
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SOURCE Embraer S.A.