Firm order backlog closes the month of June at US$ 19.8 billion
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Embraer
(NYSE: ERJ; Bovespa: EMBR3) delivered 56 aircraft to the Commercial,
Executive, and Defense segments during the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09). On
June 30, 2009, the Company's firm order backlog was US$ 19.8 billion.
Of the 56 aircraft delivered by Embraer in 2Q09, 35 went to the Commercial
Aviation segment, 19 to Executive Aviation, and two to Defense.
Deliveries by Segment 2Q09 2009
Commercial Aviation 35 67
ERJ 145 2 3
EMBRAER 170 7 12
EMBRAER 175 3 6
EMBRAER 190 16 33
EMBRAER 195 7 13
Executive Aviation 19 27
Phenom 100 13 19
Legacy 600 5 7
Lineage 1000 1 1
Defense 2 2
Phenom 100 2 2
TOTAL 56 96
During 2Q09, Embraer signed KLM Cityhopper, KLM's regional subsidiary, for
seven firm orders for the EMBRAER 190 jet, confirming options from the
original contract, which was released in August 2007. The Dutch airline has 11
purchase options for Embraer jets, as well. The Company also signed a contract
with Argentina's Austral Lineas Aereas for the sale of 20 EMBRAER 190 jets.
The value of this contract still is not included in the Company's firm order
backlog for the quarter. Embraer also sold a third E-Jet -- an EMBRAER 175 --
to Japan's Fuji Dream Airlines, from the Suzuyo Group. This order is already
included in Embraer's firm order backlog for the first quarter of 2009.
In 2Q09, Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 190 jet to NIKI Luftfahrt
GmbH, from Austria; an EMBRAER 195 to Augsburg Airways, which is a partner of
Lufthansa Regional; an EMBRAER 170 to Airnorth, with headquarters in Darwin,
Australia; and three EMBRAER 175s to TRIP Linhas Aereas, which is the largest
regional airline in Brazil.
