Regional Round-Up
Mitsubishi and Embraer win over JAL
October 1st 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. “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. Read More »
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 operating the MRJs on domestic routes in 2021.
