EMBRAER REPORTS FOURTH-QUARTER 2004 DELIVERIES
São José dos Campos, January 17, 2005 — Embraer (Bovespa: EMBR3 and EMBR4; NYSE: ERJ) today announced its fourth-quarter 2004 deliveries for the Airline, Corporate and Defense markets.
Deliveries by segment were as follows:
| Deliveries by Segment | 4th Quarter 2004 | YTD 2004 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Airline Market | |||||
| ERJ 135 | 1 | 1 | |||
| ERJ 145 | 23 | 87 | |||
| EMBRAER 170 | 10 | 46 | |||
| Total Airline Market | 34 | 134 | |||
Corporate Market | |||||
| Legacy | 8 | 13 | |||
| Total Corporate Market | 8 | 13 | |||
Defense (*) | |||||
| EMB 145 | - | 1 | |||
| Total Defense Market | - | 1 | |||
| Total | 42 | 148 | |||
(*)Includes only deliveries for government authority transportation.
As of December 31, 2004, Embraer’s total firm order backlog, including the Airline, Corporate and Defense markets totaled US$ 10.1 billion. This amount includes firm orders from Air Canada for 15 EMBRAER 175 aircraft and from GECAS for four EMBRAER 170 aircraft, which will be operated by Hong Kong Express Airways. In addition, the firm order backlog includes the previously announced cancellation of 18 ERJ 145 aircraft by American Eagle and a net decrease in orders for the corporate aviation segment by 11 Legacys.
Embraer’s total deliveries forecast for 2005 and 2006 remains unchanged at 145 aircraft for each year.
Embraer’s Airline Market order book by product in December 31, 2004, was as follows:
| Product | Firm Orders | Options | Deliveries | Firm Order Backlog | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Airline Market | |||||||||
| ERJ 145 Family | |||||||||
| ERJ 135 | 123 | 2 | 106 | 17 | |||||
| ERJ 140 | 94 | 20 | 74 | 20 | |||||
| ERJ 145 | 684 | 314 | 618 | 66 | |||||
| Total ERJ 145 Family | 901 | 336 | 798 | 103 | |||||
| EMBRAER 170/190 Family | |||||||||
| EMBRAER 170 | 158 | 177 | 46 | 112 | |||||
| EMBRAER 175 | 15 | - | - | 15 | |||||
| EMBRAER 190 | 155 | 230 | - | 155 | |||||
| EMBRAER 195 | 15 | 20 | - | 15 | |||||
| Total EMBRAER 170/190 | 343 | 427 | 46 | 297 | |||||
| Total Commercial Airline Market | 1244 | 763 | 844 | 400 | |||||
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Note to Editors
Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. — NYSE: ERJ; Bovespa: EMBR3 and EMBR4) is the world’s leading manufacturer of Commercial jets up to 110 seats with 35 years of experience in designing, developing, manufacturing, selling and providing after sales support to aircraft for the global airline, Defense and Corporate markets. With headquarters in São José dos Campos, state of São Paulo, the Company has offices and customer service bases in Australia, China, France, Singapore and the United States. Embraer is among Brazil’s leading exporting companies. As of December 31, 2004 Embraer had a total workforce of 14,648 people, and its firm order backlog totaled US$ 10.1 billion.
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Attachment:
FIRM ORDER BACKLOG
COMMERCIAL AIRLINE MARKET
December 31, 2004
| Program Customer | Firm Orders | Deliveries | Firm Order Backlog | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERJ 135 | 123 | 106 | 17 | ||||
| American Eagle (USA) | 40 | 40 | - | ||||
| British Midland (UK) | 3 | 3 | - | ||||
| City Airline AB (Sweden) | 2 | 2 | - | ||||
| Continental (USA) | 30 | 30 | - | ||||
| Flandair (France) | 3 | 3 | - | ||||
| Jet Magic (Ireland) | 1 | 1 | - | ||||
| Luxair (Luxembourg) | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| Pan Europeenne (France) | 1 | 1 | - | ||||
| Proteus (France) | 3 | 3 | - | ||||
| Regional Airlines (France) | 3 | 3 | - | ||||
| Republic Airways (USA) | 15 | 15 | - | ||||
| South Africa Airlink(South Africa) | 20 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| Program Customer | Firm Orders | Deliveries | Firm Order Backlog | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERJ 140 | 94 | 74 | 20 | ||||
| American Eagle (USA) | 59 | 59 | - | ||||
| Midwest (USA) | 20 | - | 20 | ||||
| Republic Airways (USA) | 15 | 15 | - | ||||
| Program Customer | Firm Orders | Deliveries | Firm Order Backlog | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERJ 145 | 684 | 618 | 66 | ||||
| Aerolitoral (Mexico) | 5 | 5 | - | ||||
| Air Caraibes (Guadalupe) | 2 | 2 | - | ||||
| Alitalia (Italy) | 14 | 14 | - | ||||
| American Eagle (USA) | 118 | 98 | 20 | ||||
| Axon (Greece) | 3 | 3 | - | ||||
| British Midland (UK) | 9 | 9 | - | ||||
| British Regional Airlines (UK) | 23 | 23 | - | ||||
| Brymon (UK) | 7 | 7 | - | ||||
| China Southern (China) | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Cirrus (Germany) | 1 | 1 | - | ||||
| Continental (USA) | 245 | 216 | 29 | ||||
| ERA (Spain) | 2 | 2 | - | ||||
| Flandre Air (France) | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| GECAS (PB Air - Thailand) | 2 | 2 | - | ||||
| KLM EXEL (Holland) | 2 | 2 | - | ||||
| Lot Polish (Poland) | 14 | 14 | - | ||||
| Luxair (Luxembourg) | 9 | 9 | - | ||||
| Mesa (USA) | 36 | 36 | - | ||||
| Portugalia (Portugal) | 8 | 8 | - | ||||
| Proteus (France) | 11 | 8 | 3 | ||||
| Regional (France) | 17 | 14 | 3 | ||||
| Republic Airways (USA) | 68 | 60 | 8 | ||||
| Rheintalflug (Austria) | 3 | 3 | - | ||||
| Rio Sul (Brazil) | 16 | 16 | - | ||||
| Sichuan (China) | 5 | 5 | - | ||||
| Skyways (Sweden) | 4 | 4 | - | ||||
| Swiss (Switzerland) | 25 | 25 | - | ||||
| Transtates (USA) | 22 | 22 | - | ||||
| Program Customer | Firm Orders | Deliveries | Firm Order Backlog | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMBRAER 170 | 158 | 46 | 112 | ||||
| Alitalia (Italy) | 6 | 6 | - | ||||
| Cirrus (Germany) | 1 | 1 | - | ||||
| Finnair (Finland) | 12 | - | 12 | ||||
| Gecas (USA) | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Lot Polish (Poland) | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Republic Airlines (USA) | 25 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| Swiss (Switzerland) | 15 | - | 15 | ||||
| US Airways (USA) | 85 | 22 | 63 | ||||
| Program Customer | Firm Orders | Deliveries | Firm Order Backlog | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMBRAER 175 | 15 | - | 15 | ||||
| Air Canada (Canada) | 15 | - | 15 | ||||
| Program Customer | Firm Orders | Deliveries | Firm Order Backlog | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMBRAER 190 | 155 | - | 155 | ||||
| Air Canada (Canada) | 45 | - | 45 | ||||
| COPA (Panama) | 10 | - | 10 | ||||
| JetBlue (USA) | 100 | - | 100 | ||||
| Program Customer | Firm Orders | Deliveries | Firm Order Backlog | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMBRAER 195 | 15 | - | 15 | ||||
| Swiss (Switzerland) | 15 | - | 15 | ||||
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