I-Embraer kunye neRepublic Airways, oyena mqhubi we-E-Jet omkhulu kwihlabathi, basayine isivumelwano somyalelo oqinileyo we-100 E175 jets. Esi sivumelwano sabhengezwa njengeLeta yeNjongo (LoI) kwi-Farnborough Airshow, ngoJulayi. Umyalelo oqinileyo unexabiso le-USD 4.69 yezigidigidi, ngokusekelwe kumaxabiso oluhlu lwangoku, kwaye iya kufakwa kwi-Embraer ye-2018 yekota yesine. Ukuhanjiswa kuya kuqala ngo-2020.
Ikhontrakthi iphinda ibandakanye amalungelo okuthenga i-100 E175 eyongezelelweyo, kunye namalungelo okuguqula kwi-E175-E2, ukuzisa umthamo opheleleyo onokuthi ufike kwi-200 E-Jets. Ngawo onke amalungelo okuthenga asetyenziswayo, isivumelwano sinoluhlu lwexabiso le-USD 9.38 billion.
“Yeyona ndlela intle yokugqibezela lo nyaka uxakekileyo kuthi e-Embraer,” utshilo uJohn Slattery, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO, i-Embraer Commercial Aviation. Njengoko besithembisile eFarnborough, ngoku sivala ikhontrakthi ebaluleke kakhulu neRiphabhlikhi kwezi E175 zongeziweyo, siqhubeka sikhulisa intsebenziswano yethu ekudala ikho.
“Lo myalelo umele enye inkqubela ebalulekileyo kubudlelwane bethu bexesha elide no-Embraer, kwaye ibeka iRiphabhlikhi ukuba ikhuphisane ngaphezu kweenqwelomoya zengingqi ezingama-300 esilindele ukuba zibizwe kule minyaka mihlanu izayo njengoko izivumelwano zokubhabha ezisele zikho ziphelelwa namaqabane ethu ekhowudishare yehlabathi. ", utshilo uBryan Bedford, uMongameli weRiphabhlikhi kunye ne-CEO.
I-Republic Airways kunye ne-Embraer baseka intsebenziswano yabo ngo-1999 xa enye yeenkampani zayo zangaphambili, i-Chautauqua Airlines, yathabatha i-ERJ 145 yayo yokuqala kwi-livery ye-US Airways Express. Namhlanje, iRiphabhlikhi Airline isebenzisa inqwelomoya ephantse ibe yi-190 ye-Embraer 170/175 kwaye ibonelela ngeenqwelomoya zomrhumo osisigxina ezisebenza phantsi kweempawu zayo eziphambili zenkampani yenqwelomoya ye-American Eagle, Delta Connection kunye ne-United Express.
Kubandakanya le nkontileka entsha, i-Embraer ithengise ngaphezu kwe-535 E175 kwiinqwelomoya zaseMntla Melika ukususela ngoJanuwari 2013, ifumana ngaphezu kwe-80% yazo zonke ii-odolo kule nxalenye ye-jet ye-76.
