Embraer Expects E2 Sales Boost From Airline Capacity Shortfalls

Two Embraer jets in facility, one with Azul livery

Embraer aims to produce up to 80 E-Jets by year-end and plans to build around 100 in 2026.

Credit: Embraer
For one reason or another, sales of Embraer’s E2 family have lagged the manufacturer’s expectations. Among the airframer’s explanations: a young in-service fleet, the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. scope clauses and airlines upgauging rather than “rightsizing”—Embraer’s favorite assertion in favor of its E...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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