Republic Airlines Accepts The Milestone Aircraft, Will Fly For American Eagle

Embraer delivered the 1,000th E-Jet production aircraft today during a ceremony held at the Company’s headquarters in São José dos Campos. The E175 was handed over to Republic Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings Inc., which will operate the aircraft on behalf of American Eagle. The delivery is part of Republic’s order for 47 E175s that was announced at the beginning of 2013.  The contract also includes options to buy another 47 aircraft.

“This is truly a remarkable milestone given that we delivered 1,000 airplanes in less than ten years,” said Frederico Curado, President & CEO of Embraer S.A. “This makes Embraer E-Jets among the most successful aircraft programs in the history of commercial aviation. We share this achievement with all of our customers, suppliers and especially our Embraer employees.”

Embraer’s relationship with Republic dates back to 1999 when Chautauqua Airlines, also a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, took delivery of its first ERJ 145 in the livery of US Airways Express. In 2008, Republic also received the 400th production E-Jet. “Congratulations from the 6,500 employees of Republic Airways to the 18,000 employees of our good friends at Embraer on this significant milestone,” said Republic Chairman, President and CEO, Bryan Bedford. “Our relationship with Embraer spans nearly 15 years and covers nearly every commercial jet product produced in San José dos Campos. We are thrilled to be able to celebrate this particular achievement with our very good friends.”
 
“We are extremely proud to deliver this jet to our friends at Republic Airways, a company that has been a huge part of our success and the operator of the largest fleet of E-Jets in the world,” said Paulo Cesar Silva, President & CEO, Embraer Commercial Aviation. “Republic is here today representing all of our other customers who have added E-Jets to their fleets over the years. To them, I extend my sincere thanks for their support and for sharing our vision to introduce an airplane family that has made such an enormous contribution to our industry.”
 
The E-Jets family entered revenue service in 2004 when the first aircraft was delivered to LOT Polish Airlines. Currently, E-Jets are flying with 65 airlines from 45 countries. In June of this year, Embraer launched the second generation of the E-Jets family – E-Jets E2 – the first of which is slated to enter service in 2018.

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