ANA Orders Eight More Embraer E190-E2 Jets, Lifting Its E2 Commitment to 23

On September 4, 2026, Embraer announced that ANA Holdings had signed a firm order for eight more E190-E2 regional jets. ANA valued the deal at about 105 billion yen ($642 million) in a disclosure to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, first reported by FlightGlobal.

The order lifts the Japanese group’s firm E190-E2 commitment to 23 aircraft, with five options still outstanding.

A second batch before the first jet arrives

ANA Holdings’ board approved the additional aircraft on July 29, 2026, and Embraer confirmed the signed contract on September 4. The group first committed to the type in 2025, ordering 15 E190-E2s plus five options as part of a 77-aircraft fleet renewal that also included Boeing and Airbus jets, and finalized that deal at the 2025 Paris Air Show.

ANA is the first Japanese carrier to order the E-Jet E2 family. Its first E190-E2 is due for delivery in 2028, and the eight aircraft added this week are scheduled to arrive between fiscal 2029 and 2032, according to ANA.

“This additional E190-E2 order accelerates our efforts to build a sustainable regional aviation network in Japan,” ANA Holdings president and chief executive Koji Shibata said in Embraer’s statement, adding that it “underscores our confidence in Embraer’s technology to reduce both environmental impact and operating costs.” Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO Arjan Meijer said the manufacturer was “honoured by ANA HD’s continued confidence” in the E2.

Why a 100-seat jet fits Japan’s math

The E190-E2 seats roughly 100 passengers in a typical layout. In ANA’s fleet that slots between its 74-seat De Havilland Dash 8-400 turboprops and its 166-seat Boeing 737-800s, giving the group an aircraft sized for routes where a full narrowbody no longer fills up.

That gap matters more in Japan than in most markets. The country’s population has been shrinking since 2010, and domestic demand on many secondary routes has softened with it. ANA has said it expects the E2s to take over flying now done by larger 737-800s where loads have thinned, trading empty seats for the option of more frequencies.

The E190-E2 is powered by Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engines, which ANA and Embraer say cut fuel burn and noise against the previous-generation E190. Embraer passed 500 firm E2 orders at the 2026 Farnborough Airshow, and Japan has been one of its priority markets for the smaller jet.

For Embraer, the repeat order is a sign of momentum for a jet that spent years without a marquee new customer. For ANA, it is a bet that the way to serve a shrinking set of domestic city pairs is a smaller, newer aircraft rather than fewer flights on a bigger one.