GoJet Airlines (G7, St. Louis Lambert International) parent, Trans State Holdings, has placed a USD2.4billion order with Embraer (EMB, São José dos Campos Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf) at the ongoing Farnborough International Airshow 2014 for fifty E175-E2 aircraft with options for an additional fifty. The aircraft, which will be configured with 76 seats in a dual-class layout, are scheduled to begin arriving in June 2020.
Trans States Holdings, Inc. is the largest privately held regional airline holding company in the United States and the parent company of three regional airlines, including Trans States Airlines (St. Louis Lambert International), Compass Airlines (United States of America) (Minneapolis St. Paul International), and GoJet Airlines. It has regional partnership agreements with American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth), Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson), United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare) and US Airways (Phoenix Sky Harbor), and serves over 11 million passengers annually, with over 600 daily flights serving over 100 cities.
While the Group, at present, operates six E170s, thirty-six E175s, and thirty-three E145s, it also has firm orders with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (Nagoya Chubu) for fifty M90s along with an additional fifty options.
