American CEO says ‘tied to Embraer,’ in ‘pretty good shape on aircraft’

American Airlines (AAL) CEO Robert Isom stated on the company’s Q1 call: “We all hear in the supply chain of partners or vendors that have really not recovered through the pandemic very well. We all know those names. But I want to give a shout out to Embraer. They have delivered day in and day out to that the pandemic, no matter the concerns of their supply chain… And I’m also proud to have an order book that’s larger than anybody else as well. We are tied to Embraer. Now that aircraft that we use today, the E175s ideally suited to our regional network and it’s also ideally suited for the constraints that we have in terms of the mix between our mainline and regional flying. So as we look forward, I feel really good about the fleet plan that we have. I don’t know about new offerings, but for the time being, our narrow-body fleet and what we have projected our wide-body fleet, we’re in pretty good shape on aircraft through the end of the decade.”