New Planes to Operate as United Express Aircraft
Embraer, the Brazilian multinational manufacturer of commercial, military, executive, and agricultural aircraft, has agreed to the sale of 19 new E175 jets to SkyWest, Inc., the St. George, Utah-based regional air-carrier contracted by Alaska Airlines as Alaska SkyWest, American Airlines as American Eagle, Delta Air Lines as Delta Connection, and United Airlines as United Express. The 19 E-Jets, which will operate under the United Express banner per a Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA), will grow SkyWest’s United Express E175 fleet to 109 machines, and boost the total number of E175s currently in service with SkyWest to over 250. At list-price, the contract’s value is $1.1-billion.