From the Newsroom*
São Paulo – Embraer, the Brazilian aircraft maker, closed the first quarter of this year with a firm order backlog of US$ 20.3 billion. The number of firm orders rose US$ 1.5 billion in the first three months of this year, according to information disclosed by the company. The number involves commercial, executive, defence and government aircraft. The company reached the end of March with a total of 509 firm orders.
Of this total, 21 were orders in Arab countries. Among them are six units of the Embraer 170 for Egypt Air, from Egypt, two Embraer 175 for Royal Jordanian, eight Embraer 190 for M1 Travel, in Lebanon, and five Embraer 190 for NAS Air, from Saudi Arabia. Other Arab countries, like Libya, also have firm orders, but not in backlog.
In the first quarter of 2008, Embraer delivered 45 aircraft. Seven were Legacies, for executive aviation and 38 were aircraft for commercial aviation. The Embraer 190 led the list in this area of aircraft. The company is the global leader in the production of commercial jets for up to 120 seats and employs 24,000 people. Apart from a factory in the interior of São Paulo state (SE Brazil), Embraer has operations in the United States, France, Portugal, China and Singapore.
*Translated by Mark Ament
