Embraer Maintains Delivery Cadence in the 1st Quarter of 2010

SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Embraer closed out the first quarter of 2010 (1Q10) having delivered 41 jets, one more than the same period in 2009. The airline market received 21 of this total, 19 went to executive aviation, and one to the defense segment, as detailed in the following table. On March 31, 2010, the firm order backlog totaled US$ 16 billion, or a reduction of 3.6% of the US$ 16.6 billion of the previous quarter.

During the first three months of the year, the family of Embraer E-Jet operators took in two more members. Gulf Air, from the Kingdom of Bahrain, received two EMBRAER 170 jets through ECC Leasing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Embraer, and Libya's Petro Air took another two airplanes of the same model. As set forth contractually, US Airways chose not to confirm five firm orders of the original 37 for the EMBRAER 190. By the end of 1Q10, the airline had received 25 airplanes of this model.

On March 31, 2010, Embraer's firm order backlog for the airline market is detailed, by product, in the following table.

In the executive aviation segment, the development of the new midlight Legacy 450 and midsize Legacy 500 jets moves steadily ahead, according to the Progress Report released at www.EmbraerExecutiveJets.com.br. The last quarter was marked by the consolidation of the production of the Phenom jets. In a little over a year, Embraer manufactured and delivered over 100 airplanes.

In the defense area, Embraer continues to develop the KC-390 program in a partnership with the Brazilian Air Force. The production of the Super Tucano aircraft at Gaviao Peixoto plant advances on schedule. The advanced trainer and light attack airplane continues to be a best-seller, with a total of more than 170 firm orders, and operates in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic.

Note to Editors

Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. -NYSE: ERJ; BM&FBovespa: EMBR3) is the world's largest manufacturer of commercial jets up to 120 seats, and one of Brazil's leading exporters. Embraer's headquarters are located in Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, and it has offices, industrial operations and customer service facilities in Brazil, China, France, Portugal, Singapore, and the United States. Founded in 1969, the Company designs, develops, manufactures and sells aircraft for the commercial aviation, executive aviation, and defense segments. The Company also provides after sales support and services to customers worldwide. On March 31, 2010, Embraer had a workforce of 16,792 employees – not counting the employees of its partly owned subsidiaries – and its firm order backlog totaled US$ 16.0 billion.

SOURCE Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.