American Airlines To Return Some ERJ175s And ERJ145s To Service

American Airlines will bring more regional jets back into service under the American Eagle brand from June 3rd. Envoy Air, American’s fully-owned subsidiary, will be bringing all of its crisis-related parked E175s and ERJ145s back into service.

Due to a downturn in passenger demand, American parked a number of planes, including regional jets operating under the American Eagle and the Envoy brands. These included both Embraer 145s and 175s. The ERJ145s seat 50 passengers while the E176s seat 76 in a two-class configuration. According to a report in View From the Wing, the Senior Vice President of Air Operations at Envoy Air has said,

“All of the E-175s and E-145s that we parked as a result of COVID-19 [are expected to be] returned to service by June 3.”

These jets usually service small cities and short shuttle routes. The ERJ145s can be found on routes from Baltimore-Washington (BWI) to New York-JFK, Nashville to JFK, Chicago-O’Hare to Cincinnati, and more. The E175s operate a number of domestic routes to secondary airports as well as between major cities like New York-LaGuardia to Detroit, O’Hare to Cleveland, Los Angeles to San Francisco, and more.

However, recently, these planes have become more common on short-haul routes. Normally, American operates robust schedules with mainline jets between New York and metro areas like Boston and DC. Now, American is down to daily E175 service on these routes through early June.

The smaller planes are easier to fill, given reduced demand. And American still has to maintain minimum levels of service after receiving funding from the United States government to help it through this crisis. Although the Department of Transportation (DOT) is getting a little more lenient, nevertheless, the smaller jets will likely operate on many routes in the meantime.

Envoy operates under the American Eagle brand alongside PSA, Piedmont, Republic, and SkyWest. The return of all parked E175s and ERJ145s only applies to Envoy Air. Other carriers, like Republic and Piedmont, will likely keep their fleet parked.

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