São Paulo – Embraer, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, has 23 firm orders for aircraft in the Arab world. The figures were disclosed yesterday (7) by the company headquartered in the city of São José dos Campos, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo. The orders are held by companies in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
Six aircraft are for Egypt Air, seven for ETA Star Aviation, in the United Arab Emirates, five for M1 Travel, in Lebanon, and five for NAS Air, in Saudi Arabia. Some have already received Embraer aircraft. That is the case with Egypt Air, to which the Brazilian company has already delivered six aircraft, and M1 Travel, which already operates three Embraer aeroplanes.
The orders from companies in Egypt and the Emirates are for Embraer 170 aeroplanes, those from Lebanese and Saudi companies are for the Embraer 190. Both are commercial aircraft. The Embraer 170 seats between 70 and 80 passengers. The Embraer 190, in turn, can transport between 98 and 114 passengers. In the first half of this year, the company has already delivered one Embraer 170 and 38 Embraer 190s.
In total, the company delivered 97 jets, representing growth of 59% over the same period in 2007. Of this total, 5 were ERJ 145 aeroplanes, 29 Embraer 175 aircraft, eight Embraer 195s and 16 Legacy 600s, as well as the Embraer 170s e 190s. Of total deliveries, 52 took place in the second quarter of this year. The period, in fact, brought record revenues, of US$ 20.7 billion, to the Brazilian manufacturer.
In the second quarter of this year, Embraer signed sales contracts with group ETA, in Dubai, in the Emirates, and with the Brazilian TRIP Linhas Aéreas. The company also signed contracts with the government of Brazil and orders by Executive AirShare, a company from the state of Missouri, in the United States, were expanded. Embraer ended the half with 478 firm orders.
*Translated by Mark Ament
