Small Narrowbody Jets

Air Cairo is planning steady expansion over the rest of the decade, but it appears its small sub-fleet of Embraer 190s will be consigned to a modest role In the process.

Small West African carrier Cronos Airlines is expanding its fleet and route map with the arrival of its first Embraer E175, which becomes the largest aircraft in its fleet.

The impending arrival of an Embraer 170 forms part of attempts to revive Air Burkina, the national carrier of Burkina Faso.

Down the Embraer Commercial Aviation 20-year Market Outlook - the forecast for worldwide demand for new jets and turboprops in the sub-150-seat category.

Croatia Airlines reached a milestone by operating its first international commercial flight with a new Airbus A220.

Breeze Airways has revealed plans to launch flights from Tweed New Haven Airport in southern Connecticut—a stronghold for rival Avelo Airlines.

Virgin Australia has selected Embraer’s E190-E2 for fleet replacement and growth in its regional and charter subsidiary Virgin Australia Regional Airlines.

Royal Jordanian's new Embraer E2 jets are helping to revitalize the flag-carrier's fleet amid Boeing and Airbus delays.

At what was a quiet Farnborough Airshow on the civil aviation side, the sole “new” design on the static display was the first conversion of an Embraer E190 to a small narrowbody freighter.

With the addition of two more Embraer E190-E2s, Singapore-based LCC Scoot is expanding its regional network with two new destinations in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Croatia Airlines has outlined the first routes planned to receive Airbus A220 service.

North America will continue to be the biggest market for sub-150-seat jets over the next two decades, Embraer predicts.

The Port Moresby-based airline ordered six A220-100s direct from Airbus in November 2023. It is also acquiring a further two A220-100s, together with three A220-300s, from lessors.

Air France Industries / KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has signed a pair of contracts with European carriers to support their Airbus A220 fleets.

After 10 years of operating a single E195, Aurigny Air Services has sold the aircraft to Azorra as it seeks to consolidate its fleet around ATR 72 operations.

Nigeria’s Ibom Air has decided to increase its planned fleet of Airbus A220s, as demand outstrips deliveries of the aircraft from the OEM.

Crossover jets may account for an increasing percentage of movements at regional airports, but few as comprehensively as Antwerp.

Cyprus Airways will reduce the number of Airbus A220s acquired over the course of the decade, but still sees the aircraft as a valuable component of its fleet.

The Middle East has always been a tough market for crossover jets, in a region where size traditionally equated to quality or importance.

Persistent problems with the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engines on the Airbus A220 are forcing Cyprus Airways to rethink its strategies.

With less flights possible in the future, several airlines are now planning to increase their Amsterdam Schiphol seat capacity with larger aircraft.

Work is under way on a major expansion Leeds Bradford Airport aimed at modernizing the existing terminal into a more efficient and sustainable building.

Embraer plans to announce significant improvements to its E175s and the E2 family at the upcoming Farnborough International Airshow.

Fleet planning is becoming an increasingly pertinent topic at South Africa-based regional airline Airlink.

Steadily expanding Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) has started hosting its first crossover jet services, increasing links from Upstate South Carolina.