According to the government, the investment of Japanese company All Nippon Airways will be almost $ 10 billion
The President (PT) announced on Wednesday (26.mar.2025) an agreement between Embraer and Ana (All Nippon Airways) to buy up to 20 e190 jets from the Brazilian company by the Japanese company. In a speech at the end of the Brazil-Japan Business Forum, in Tokyo, the chief executive stated that “Who buys 20”AIRCRAFT“You can buy a little more” e “Who knows all Japanese companies can fly ” from Embraer.
After Lula’s announcement, Minister Silvio Costa Filho (Ports and Airports) spoke about the deal. “It means the equivalent of almost $ 10 billion in investments that the Japanese airline is doing at Embraer“, These.
According to the minister, “commercial work”That Lula has been doing with Embraer“has been important and strategic ” for the development of Brazilian aviation.
“With the sale of Embraer aircraft around the world, not only in Japan, but in other international markets, there is a concern of Embraer and the government so that we can prepare our Brazilian labor“, These.
Costa Filho made the statements to journalists in Japan. He was next to Embraer President Francisco Gomes Neto.
“Embraer is very happy with this sale of up to 20 planes. Ana, besides being the largest airline in Japan, has a very strong image in the aviation sector. This decision by Embraer aircraft reinforces and endorses the product, and it will be important for us to enter other airlines, from other countries”Said Gomes Neto.
SAF
According to Costa Filho, it is being negotiated that the Japanese aviation sector can adopt the SAF (acronym for sustainable aviation fuel) in its operations.
SAF is an alternative to aeronautical fuel of fossil origin. It is produced from raw materials and processes that meet sustainability standards. It can be from different sources such as agriculture waste, used cooking oil, fat, sugar cane and corn.
“We have also advanced in a cooperation agreement, a SAF cooperation agreement, which is the fuel of the future, the green fuel. Japanese airlines have full interest in being able to fly through SAF and Brazil tends to be a major exporter in the future of this fuel”Said the minister.
“In addition, we are working alongside Japan ministers and the Prime Minister [do Japão, Shigeru Ishiba] so that 10% of fuel here in Japan can be the result of ethanol. In addition to enhancing air aviation fuel in Japan, we are also encouraging Brazil’s sugarcane industry, which dialogues with sustainability, with this fuel from the future that Brazil has presented to the world”He said.
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