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 the Brazilian manufacturer has a smaller backlog than Boeing and Airbus.
LATAM is also considering the Airbus A220. Filho said, “LATAM has indeed opened talks with Embraer and we have been working so they can analyze a purchase of Embraer planes. But we cannot impose a deal, that would be incomprehensible and a very bad sign for free markets.
” Previous remarks from the airline Last week, Jerome Cadier, LATAM Brasil CEO told journalists that the airline was considering Embraer’s E2 aircraft and the Airbus A220. Both would be a new addition to the fleet as the airline currently operates aircraft in the Airbus A320 family, as well as the Boeing 777 and 787s. Cadier highlighted that LATAM Brasil is constantly analyzing opportunities for growth.
The grounding of some of its Airbus aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney engines has prevented further growth. Current fleet According to the ch-aviation database, LATAM Brasil has 160 aircraft in its fleet, with another two to be delivered. With recent deliveries, the average aircraft age has been brought down to 8.
9 years. Of the 160 planes, only 21 are Boeing and widebodies. The fleet breakdown is as follows: Aircraft type number of planes Airbus A319 19 Airbus A320 (ceo) 57 Airbus A320neo 18 Airbus A321 31 Airbus A321neo 14 Boeing 777-300ER 10 Boeing 787-9 11 The oldest subfleet is the A319, with an average age of 14.
8 years, while the youngest is of the A321neo, at 0.6 years old. LATAM announced in 2021 that it would retire all of its Airbus A350 aircraft as the entire fleet had been grounded during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The planes had a short life in Brazil, with the first aircraft being delivered in 2015 and the first retirement coming in July 2020. At the time, LATAM Brasil was the only South American operator of the A350. Azul Linhas Aéreas eventually operated two of the type, for a very short period, before getting rid of its planes.
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