Summary LATAM Brasil is looking into purchasing up to 30 Embraer planes to expand its fleet, considering both E2 and Airbus A220 aircraft. The Brazilian government is encouraging LATAM to buy Brazilian-made planes, while the airline also reviews Airbus and Boeing options. LATAM's fleet currently includes a mix of Airbus narrowbodies and Boeing widebodies.
LATAM Brasil, the Brazilian branch of the LATAM Airlines Group, is considering a purchase of up to 30 Embraer aircraft. Considering expansion LATAM Brasil is the former TAM Linhas Aéreas, which merged with LAN Chile in 2012. Historically, the Brazilian airline flew Airbus narrowbodies and Airbus and Boeing widebodies, and at one point, was the only South American carrier operating the A350.
Today, the LATAM Airlines Group has Airbus narrowbodies and Boeing widebodies, but is considering other aircraft. According to a report from Reuters earlier today, LATAM Brasil is close to purchasing up to 30 second-generation Embraer E-Jets, of the E2 family. This information came from Silvio Costa Filho, Brazil’s Ports and Airports Minister.
According to Filho, he met with LATAM CEO Roberto Alvo and Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio da Silva to talk about the airline’s growth plans. The current administration has worked with Embraer and Azul Linhas Aéreas to support them financially and is now encouraging LATAM Brasil to purchase Brazilian-made aircraft. Currently, the push for Embraer aircraft is appealing to airlines because th.