Embraer E-Jet E2

Embraer built the third-largest commercial aircraft business in the world by owning a market Boeing and Airbus did not want: jets for 70 to 140 people, on routes too thin for a 737. The original E-Jets sold over 1,700; the E2 generation re-engined them with geared turbofans and a new wing.

The E195-E2 is the biggest of them, 41.5 metres long, carrying up to 146 people, and burning notably less fuel per seat than anything in its class. Airlines that once flew it as a feeder now fly it on real routes.

Boeing tried to buy the commercial division outright in 2019. The deal collapsed during the pandemic, and Embraer stayed independent, which, given how the last decade went for Boeing, looks like a lucky escape.