Piedmont Airlines (PT, Salisbury, MD) will introduce the E175 aircraft type to its fleet starting in 2028, and is expected to receive 45 of them over a period of 36 months, while Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth) will add 33 brand-new E175s to its existing fleet.
The two American Airlines subsidiaries announced their new fleet plans as part of a strategy to continue growing strategically. In March 2024, American Airlines announced the acquisition of ninety E175 aircraft as part of wider purchases that included eighty-five A321neo and eighty-five B737-10s.
Piedmont Airlines' new Embraer aircraft will have a dual-class capacity of 76 seats: 12 in business class and 64 in main cabin. The first of its E175s will arrive in the first quarter of 2028 and begin revenue service a few months later, it said in a statement. The company expects to receive one to two new planes per month for 36 months, while continuing to operate its current E145 fleet (comprising 110 units) for the time being.
Meanwhile, Envoy Air, which currently operates forty-three E170s and 126 E175s, aims to grow its overall fleet to 214 aircraft. Its thirty-three E175s are scheduled to be delivered between 2026 and 2027.
American Airlines’ third wholly-owned subsidiary PSA Airlines (OH, Dayton James M. Cox) has not announced new fleet plans. Its fleet comprises 144 aircraft - sixty CRJ700s and eighty-four CRJ900s. The company, however, is working to standardise its fleet to a 76-seat dual-class configuration, after announcing the addition of fourteen CRJ900NGs from its parent last November.
The three regional carriers operate as American Eagle on behalf of American Airlines.
