United Airlines is buying 29 new aircraft from jetmakers Boeing and Embraer, the airline said Monday.
Most of the new airplanes are Embraer E-175s, which carry 76 passengers, six more than the regional jets they are replacing. Each seat on the new Embraer E-175s is an inch wider and economy seats have an extra inch of pitch, the distance from the back of one seat to the next, according to United's website.
The 25 Embraer E-175s will replace Bombardier CRJ-700 planes currently flown by United's regional partners as United Express flights, United said.
United said it expects to start receiving the new regional jets in 2019.
The four remaining airplanes are Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and are expected to be delivered in 2020. The Dreamliners are more efficient than the older wide-body airplanes they will replace, and they will come with the Polaris seats designed for business class on long-haul international flights, United said in a news release.
