Quick Takes – Embraer, SkyWest

LOT Takes More ERJ 175s LOT Polish Airlines is expanding its initial order for Embraer ERJ 175s, adding 12, plus two options and 10 purchase rights. The total value of the agreement is $372 million, based on January 2007 economic conditions, and could come to $744 million, if all options and purchase rights...

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LOT Takes More ERJ 175s
LOT Polish Airlines is expanding its initial order for Embraer ERJ 175s, adding 12, plus two options and 10 purchase rights. The total value of the agreement is $372 million, based on January 2007 economic conditions, and could come to $744 million, if all options and purchase rights are confirmed. This deal is already included in Embraer’s fourth quarter firm order backlog as “undisclosed.”
“LOT is a long-standing Embraer client, starting out in 1999 with ERJ 145 regional jets,” Mauro Kern, executive vice president, airline market. “With this order, it will become Europe’s largest E-Jet operator. This additional order is an important endorsement of the E-Jets family concept, since LOT started the operation of the ERJ 170, back in 2004, as one of the E-Jets launch customers.”
The new E175 jets will complement the airline’s existing Embraer fleet of 10 ERJ170s and six ERJ 175s, expanding its European route network to compete in most cases against conventional narrow-bodies. The carrier may also opt for another model of the E-Jets family, said Kern.

Brooks Named VP Flight Ops at SKYW
SkyWest Airlines promoted Klen P. Brooks, who has been with the airline since its inception, to vice president – flight operations, effective immediately, succeeding Bradford R. Holt, who, in December, was named president and chief operating officer of SkyWest’s sister carrier, Atlantic Southeast Airlines. Brooks will be responsible for all areas of flight operations, including the airline’s flight standards, flight control and crew scheduling, and will oversee the development and implementation of operational policies and procedures to ensure the highest possible level of safety and efficiency.
Brooks’ SkyWest career began in 1972 in St. George, Utah, where he handled reservations and fueled aircraft. He became a line pilot in 1974, and his diverse flight operations experience includes instructor, check airman, chief pilot, system chief pilot and most recently director – flight operations. Brooks has served in various flight operations management positions since 1982, and has flown every aircraft type SkyWest has operated, from the single-engine Cherokee six to the three variants of the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet in the airline’s current fleet. Brooks holds a degree in Aero Technology from Dixie College.