Air Canada order over 100 737Max

The Embraer E-series is fast becoming yesterday’s aeroplane, and I’m guessing this has something to do with the tiny CF34’s they have hanging under the wings – I’m guessing low air pressure and high fuel burn?

Its even stranger when you look at the backlog.

If there were fundamental issues, or problems that remain unresolved, you’d think no-one would be ordering new builds…

I just don’t get what’s happening the the E-Jets. They seems to answer so many needs and were snapped up as quick as Embraer could make then. Now the airlines can’t get rid of them quick enough. If we were talking 20 years later I could understand.

I’m surprised.

Re: the E190…I had never even seen one in the flesh before I flew one to MSP…seemed nice enough in an Airbus “lite” sort of way.

Amiga

Interesting. The E190 was liked by so many airlines, and it seemed to be a preferred type for the regions and you couldn’t buy them for love nor money from Embraer due to full orderbooks. We are getting rid of most of ours as they are deemed expensive and it appears like some airlines are now trying to offload. White elephants maybe?

Well, chat is they’ll look to replace them with CSeries, so not sure if “elephant” would be the right term considering CSeries would be bigger if anything…

But certainly something would seem awry if an aircraft that was in such sharp demand is now seemingly hard to sell…

Apochryphal I know but when I did some training with Air Canada a few years ago, the engineers called it the Embraer 180 as it normally taxied out did a 180 and taxied back to the terminal again…..

Amiga

Interesting. The E190 was liked by so many airlines, and it seemed to be a preferred type for the regions and you couldn’t buy them for love nor money from Embraer due to full orderbooks. We are getting rid of most of ours as they are deemed expensive and it appears like some airlines are now trying to offload. White elephants maybe?

I find the statement that airlines rarely qwitch between suppliers due to cost and training.

It is a significant cost to be considered.

Talk is, this was pivotal:

The deal includes commitments, options and rights on another 48 planes as well as an agreement for Boeing to purchase up to 20 of Air Canada’s fleet of 45 Embraer E190 aircraft.

I find the statement that airlines rarely qwitch between suppliers due to cost and training.

Many airlines have switched as the new generation of type come on the market.

Indeed, I too was shocked when I read this…but it clearly goes to show that Boeing haven’t lost their competitive edge when it comes to obtaining huge orders from airlines, even if they do appear to make the headlines more often.