Air Costa (Vijayawada) is set to place a repeat of its 2014 order with Embraer (EMB, São José dos Campos Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf) the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer's Chief Commercial Officer John Slattery has told Bloomberg news.

In February 2014, the Indian domestic operator placed an order for fifty E-Jets E2s with an additional fifty purchase rights. Broken down, the order includes twenty-five EMB190-E2s and twenty-five EMB195-E2s. The purchase rights are for an additional twenty-five E190-E2s and twenty-five E195-E2s bringing the overall order to 100 aircraft if all options are exercised.

Air Costa currently operates two E190s and one E170. Based out of Vijayawada, the airline currently serves cities in southern India such as Bengaluru International, Chennai and Hyderabad International as well as key secondary cities in the North and Northwest of the country. Having recently been given regulatory approval to expand its operations throughout India, Air Costa now plans to link more underserved markets with more additional metropolitan areas, as well as other secondary and tertiary business centres.