American Airlines Group has split a $1.4 billion order for regional jets from Bombardier and Embraer to further update its fleet of short-range aircraft. The world’s largest carrier announced its plan to buy 15 Bombardier CRJ900 and 15 Embraer E-175 jets. American included options for up to 15 additional airplanes from each company.
The new order shows American’s commitment to larger regional aircraft that are able to accomodate the two passenger classes that are present on the airline’s larger single-aisle planes. The Bombardier CRJ900’s will be operated by the regional affiliate PSA Airlines, while the Embraer E-175’s will operate under the Envoy Air umbrella, according to the airline. Deliveries from both manufacturer’s are slated to begin next year.
Missing from the Bombardier piece of the order is it’s latest CSeries jets. The CSeries has struggled the last couple of years. Airbus announced in October of 2017 that it would acquire a 50.01% majority stake in the aircraft program. The view was that orders for the CSeries would surge once the might of Airbus was behind the aircraft. However, after receiving just 12 new orders total for the aircraft in 2017, no additional sales have been announced since.
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