SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil,
Jan. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Embraer (NYSE: ERJ; BM & FBOVESPA: EMBR3) delivered 32
commercial and 43 executive jets, 25 of which are light jets and 18
are large, during the fourth quarter of 2016 (4Q16). The Company
ended the year with 108 aircraft delivered to the commercial
aviation market and 117 to the executive aviation market, totaling
73 light and 44 large executive jets. These numbers are aligned
with the estimates reported to the market throughout the year (105
to 110 commercial jets, 70 to 80 light executive jets and 35 to 45
large executive jets).
The total of 225 aircraft for these two markets represents the
highest volume of deliveries in the last six years. As of
December 31, the backlog totaled
USD 19.6 billion.
"2016 was a year of major challenges in the aviation industry
due to global economic and political uncertainties. In response to
this scenario, Embraer is implementing important actions and making
adjustments to be well positioned in all business segments it
operates," says Embraer President & CEO, Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva. "In executive
aviation, for example, we now have a stronger presence with larger
executive jets, which indicates a more balanced mix."
Deliveries by
Segment
|
4Q16
|
2016
|
|
|
|
Commercial
Aviation
|
32
|
108
|
EMBRAER 175
(E175)
|
26
|
90
|
EMBRAER 190
(E190)
|
3
|
11
|
EMBRAER
195 (E195)
|
3
|
7
|
|
|
|
Executive
Aviation
|
43*
|
117
|
Light
jets
|
25
|
73
|
Large
jets
|
18
|
44
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
75
|
225
|
*25 Phenom 300, 6 Legacy 450, 9 Legacy
500, 1 Legacy 650 and 2 Lineage 1000E
In Commercial Aviation, the highlights of the last quarter of
2016 included the delivery of the 1,300th E-Jet to China's Tianjin Airlines and the beginning of
E170 operations in Russia with S7
Airlines, which signed an agreement with GE Capital Aviation
Services (GECAS) to lease 17 pre-owned E170 jets. Another highlight
was the signing of a contract with United Airlines for the firm
sale of 24 E175 jets, transferring aircraft that were previously
assigned to Republic Airways Holdings in Embraer's backlog.
The spare parts pool program also continues to grow. In the last
quarter, Eastern Airways, from the United
Kingdom, and Airlink, the largest independent regional
airline in South Africa, signed
contracts for the program.
In Executive Aviation, Airsprint, the privately held fractional
aircraft ownership company based in Canada, received the first two Legacy 450 jets
of the purchase agreement for up to 12 jets of the same model,
announced in July.
In the Defense & Security business, Embraer achieved another
important milestone in November with the development of the KC-390
multi-mission military airlifter. The company received the
Provisional Type Certificate for the KC-390 Basic Vehicle, issued
by the Industrial Fostering and Coordination Institute
(IFI–Instituto de Fomento e Coordenação Industrial), the Brazilian
Air Force organization responsible for military certification. It
attests that the KC-390, in this basic configuration, complies with
the certification requirements.
Also in November, Embraer opened the Gripen Design and
Development Network (GDDN) in partnership with Saab, the Swedish
defense and security company, in Gavião Peixoto, state of São
Paulo. The GDDN will be the hub for the Gripen NG fighter
technology development in Brazil
with other institutional and business partners.
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