EMBRAER ADR : Embraer Sets New Record by Delivering 204 Jets in 2008

SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Embraer delivered 59 jets to the Commercial, Executive, and Defense and Government aviation segments during the fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08), totaling 204 jets in the year. For the second consecutive year, the Company set a new aircraft delivery record, delivering 20% more airplanes than in 2007 (169 jets). The last quarter of 2008 was also marked by the delivery of the first two Phenom 100 executive jets. The value of the firm order backlog came to US$ 20.9 billion on December 31, 2008.

During 4Q08, Embraer delivered 44 E-Jets to Commercial Aviation, eight Legacy 600s, two Phenom 100s, and one EMBRAER 175 to Executive Aviation, and four jets to the Defense and Government segment:

     Deliveries by Segment                    4Q08               2008

    Commercial Aviation                         44                162
        ERJ 145                                  -                  6
        EMBRAER 170                              5                  9
        EMBRAER 175                             14                 55
        EMBRAER 190                             20              78 (1)
        EMBRAER 195                              5                 14

    Executive Aviation                          11                 36
        Phenom 100                               2                  2
        Legacy 600                               8                 33
        EMBRAER 175                              1                  1

    Defense and Government*                      4                  6
        ERJ 135                                  2                  2
        ERJ 145                                  -                  1
        Legacy 600                               2                  3

    TOTAL                                       59                204

*Includes the delivery of executive jets configured to transport officials and aircraft delivered to State-owned companies. Numbers in parentheses represent operational leasing.

During the last quarter of 2008, Embraer increased the number of customers with firm orders for jets from the EMBRAER 170/190 family, with the sale of 11 E-Jets (six EMBRAER 170s and five EMBRAER 190s) to British Airways, from the United Kingdom. The Company delivered the first EMBRAER 190s to Holland's KLM Cityhopper, and EMBRAER 195s to Azul Linhas Aereas, which is the first Brazilian airline to operate an E-Jet. Regional - Compagnie Aerienne Europeene, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air France, received the 500th E-Jet.

    On December 31, 2008, Embraer's Commercial Aviation order book, by
product, was:


                                                                      Firm
                                           Firm                       Order
       Aircraft Type                      Orders  Options Deliveries  Backlog

       ERJ 145 Family
          ERJ 135                           108      -       108        -
          ERJ 140                            74      -        74        -
          ERJ 145                           733      50      693        40
       Total - ERJ 145 Family               915      50      875        40

       EMBRAER 170/190 Family
          EMBRAER 170                       193      93      148        45
          EMBRAER 175                       134     173      114        20
          EMBRAER 190                       438     466      201       237
          EMBRAER 195                       111      78       27        84
       Total - EMBRAER 170/190 Family       876     810      490       386

       TOTAL                              1,791     860    1,365       426

Note: Deliveries and the firm order backlog include aircraft sold by the Defense and Government segment to State-owned company (Satena and TAME).

The new sales of the Phenom executive jets family increased the number of firm contracts to over 850 aircraft. The entry level Phenom 100 jet received the Type Certificate (TC) from Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (Agencia Nacional de Aviacao Civil - ANAC) and from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The first two units of the jet were delivered in December. The ultra-large Lineage 1000 received, in the end of year, the Type Certificate from ANAC and from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the FAA.

In the Defense and Government segment, Embraer signed another important contract for the Super Tucano in Latin America with the Dominican Republic, besides the sale of one aircraft for transporting government officials in Asia to the Royal Thai Army. The Company signed a contract amendment with the Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira - FAB) for the A-1M program of AMX modernization, in December.

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Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. - NYSE: ERJ; Bovespa: 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, the United States, France, Portugal, China and Singapore. Founded in 1969, the Company designs, develops, manufactures and sells aircraft for the Commercial Aviation, Executive Aviation, and Defense and Government segments. The Company also provides after sales support and services to customers worldwide. On December 31, 2008, Embraer had a workforce of 23,509 employees and a firm order backlog of US$ 20.9 billion.

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