Embraer and American Airlines have signed a firm order for 15 E175 jets with a 76-seat configuration. The contract has a value of US$705m, based on current list prices and will be included in Embraer’s 2018 second-quarter backlog. Deliveries will take place in 2019 between March and November.
Combined with the airline’s three previous orders for the E175, this new contract results in a total of 89 E175s for American Airlines. The most recent order took place in October 2017 for ten aircraft.
