SAO CARLOS, Brazil (Reuters) -LATAM Airlines will receive the E195-E2 jets it ordered from Embraer “relatively quickly” and expects them to allow the carrier to add 25 to 30 new destinations in Brazil, an executive said on Friday. “An important portion of them will be delivered next year, by the end of the year, and […]
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LATAM to add up to 30 new Brazil destinations after Embraer order
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SAO CARLOS, Brazil (Reuters) -LATAM Airlines will receive the E195-E2 jets it ordered from Embraer “relatively quickly” and expects them to allow the carrier to add 25 to 30 new destinations in Brazil, an executive said on Friday.
“An important portion of them will be delivered next year, by the end of the year, and then another portion in 2027,” LATAM Brasil CEO Jerome Cadier told Reuters, adding the airline would decide within six months which routes the jets should serve.
The Brazilian unit of Chile-based LATAM is the country’s No. 1 airline by market share. The carrier announced on Monday a firm order for 24 E195-E2 aircraft, with purchase options for another 50.
(Reporting by Luciana Magalhaes and Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Kylie Madry)