American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) Group president, Scott Kirby, has confirmed his airline is in talks with carriers, not including subsidiary Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth), over their taking delivery of American's sixty E175s on order from Brazil's Embraer (EMB, São José dos Campos U.E. Stumpf International).

The CEO told the Dallas News that talks have advanced but did not disclose which operators they are negotiating with.

“We are in final negotiations with a couple of providers for placing the 175s. I’m not sure when we’ll announce something, but at some point we will, I believe, announce something,” he said.

In relation to Envoy's future, Kirby remained optimistic despite its pilots vetoing a negotiated agreement that would have provided contract concessions in return for the Group refleeting Envoy with the new EMB-175s.

“As to the future of Envoy, it’s still a very important part of the airline, and we hope someday to be able to fly large regional jets at Envoy still. And we also want that Envoy to be a place, regardless of the latest contract, that pilots can go and ultimately transition to the mainline here at American,” he added.

American's Embraer order also has provision for ninety options.