JetBlue Defers Embraer Jets as Airbus Order Has Priority
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JetBlue Airways Corp. delayed delivery of some Embraer SA jets, the smallest in its fleet, and ordered 35 Airbus SAS aircraft valued at $4 billion as the carrier focuses on larger, more-efficient planes.
The 24 Embraer E190 planes will arrive from 2020 to 2022 instead of 2014 to 2018, JetBlue said today in a statement. The Airbus order is for 20 of the upgraded A321neo model with new engines and 15 of the current version of that jet.