The 118-seat Embraer 195 aircraft are expected for delivery beginning in 2013, Sao Jose de Campos, Brazil-based Embraer said in a statement.
Azul Linhas Aereas, owned by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, has now ordered a total of 52 Embraer regional jets, enough to make its fleet of the regional E-jets the largest in South America.
Separately, an Embraer spokesman said on Wednesday that JetBlue, which Neeleman left in 2008, cancelled an order for 11 of the 106-seat Embraer 190 jets.
Embraer chief executive Frederico Curado said in an interview in June that he saw a risk of JetBlue backing out of the contract, as the airline was revising its fleet plans.
(Reuters)
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