Summary

  • Embraer to unveil updates for E-Jets at Farnborough, including lower maintenance costs and cabin upgrades.
  • KLM Cityhopper sees 30% fuel reduction with E195-E2s, impacting airlines like American Airlines.
  • Embraer records highest backlog in 7 years, focusing on improving products and aiming for $10 billion revenue milestone.

Embraer will unveil some updates to its commercial E-Jets at the Farnborough International Airshow next month. These updates include lower maintenance costs, cabin upgrades, and more.

Improving its products

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has solidified its place as the leader in the regional aircraft and small narrowbody markets. Its first generation E-Jets are the most popular regional aircraft worldwide and extremely crucial to American aviation and its second-generation has broken into several markets and done well. As with any manufacturer, Embraer is always looking to improve its product, workflow, and overall performance and it has some updates that will be shared next month.

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At the Farnborough International Airshow in England next month, Embraer will reveal several updates to the E-Jets, as reported by Aviation Week. Earlier this week, Embraer hosted its media days and invited press from all over the world to be at its facilities in Brazil. While there, the manufacturer gave a sneak peak as to what some of those updates will be. Through its research, Embraer has determined that lower maintenance costs are available for its E2 jets. Additionally, it has numbers for better fuel burn and will reveal cabin upgrades.

KLM Cityhopper managing director Maarten Koopmans shared with the press that the airline has seen a 30% reduction in fuel burn per seat with its E195-E2s. The airline currently has 18 E2s and another eight on order.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Embraer E195-E2 taking off

Photo: Minh K Tran l Shutterstock

Because of a scope clause in the United States, Embraer has chosen not to develop the second-generation E175. Despite this, airlines continue to purchase the first-generation plane, like American Airlines, which ordered 90 earlier this year. Hoping to keep the aircraft in the market and remain competitive, Embraer will announce new connectivity options, better avionics, and changes for the cabin interiors.

Recent Embraer news

Earlier this week, Embraer revealed its backlog had reached more than $20 billion, the highest in seven years. This includes its private and commercial aircraft orders. This was primarily driven by American Airlines’ order and Mexicana de Aviacion’s recent order for 20 E2 jets.

Though the manufacturer’s deliveries increased in the first quarter of the year, issues with Pratt & Whitney’s GTF engines have hampered the process. Embraer would like to be delivering more E-Jets but have been unable to. During Q1 only seven commercial aircraft were delivered, compared to 18 on the executive side.

Embraer factory in SJC

Photo: Embraer

Leading into the Farnborough Airshow, Embraer is expecting high demand. Driven by Boeing’s recent woes and long waits for Boeing and Airbus aircraft, Embraer’s planes have emerged as economic options. Additionally, its backlog is smaller and Embraer can deliver planes sooner.

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During its media days, Embraer shut down rumors it was working on a larger narrowbody aircraft to rival other manufacturers. CEO Francisco Gomes Neto said,

“We are always studying opportunities for new products, not only in commercial but in all other business units as well. We can do different products, but at this point in time, we don’t have concrete plans to do a bigger airplane.”

Neto did add that Embraer hopes to reach an annual revenue of $10 billion by the end of the decade, which would put it in a position to consider new product lines.

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