Airline News
JAL buys 47 jets from Mitsubishi and Embraer
September 2nd 2014
Japan Airlines (JAL) has signed a firm order with Embraer for a total of 15 E-Jets comprising the E170 and E190 models, in addition to 12 further options, valued at US$677 million at current list prices. Read More »
“We have been operating our E-Jets for five years and the aircraft have achieved an outstanding 99.7% dispatch reliability. They are efficient and have displayed exceptional performance,” said Yoshiharu Ueki, representative director, president of Japan Airlines.
JAL has also agreed to buy 32 Mitsubishi Regional Jets (MRJs) worth almost US$1.5 billion at list prices, giving Japan’s first domestically manufactured commercial passenger plane in half a century a sales boost.
JAL said it will start deploying the MRJs on domestic routes in 2021.
