Wed, Jan 19, 2011
Value Of Firm Order Backlog Climbs, Reaches $15.6
Billion
Embraer's final delivery statistics and order book shows that
the Brazilian planemaker delivered 92 jets during the fourth
quarter of 2010, 30 to the commercial aviation market, 61 to
executive aviation, and one to the defense segment. On the year,
the company delivered 246 jets, and reported a firm order backlog
of $15.6 billion, which is 2% higher than the amount recorded on
September 30, 2010.
Embraer Legacy 650
The last quarter of the year was marked by the certification and
beginning of operations of a new Embraer executive jet. The large
cabin Legacy 650 is based on the successful Legacy 600 platform.
Its spacious and comfortable cabin can carry 14 passengers and is
able to fly nonstop from Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Miami, Florida, in
the U.S. Eight Legacy 600 and Legacy 650 jets were delivered from
October to December. Also, production of the Phenom jets
accelerated. In 2010, 100 were delivered, which is seven more than
the previous year, besides 26 Phenom 300s. Embraer also announced
an agreement with U.S.-based NetJets, which resulted in firm
contract for the sale of 50 Phenom 300s, and another 75
options.
NetJets Phenom 300
The company says the commercial aviation market showed concrete
signs of recovery throughout 2010, and gradually regained its
business activity. Embraer sealed contracts for the sale of 97 new
airplanes, which is very close to the 100 deliveries made.
In the fourth quarter of 2010:
- The Letters of Intent signed with Air Lease and Republic, of
the U.S., which were announced at the Farnborough International
Airshow, in July, resulted in 16 new firm orders for the EMBRAER
190. Another 44 airplanes from these agreements could be confirmed
in the coming months;
- LAM, from Mozambique, confirmed the purchase of one more
EMBRAER 190;
- Lufthansa, from Germany, bought eight more EMBRAER 195s
(converting another two EMBRAER 190s, ordered previously, into
EMBRAER 195s);
- CDB Leasing, from China, ordered ten EMBRAER 190s. This order
was announced on January 10, but it is shown in the backlog of
December 31 as "Undisclosed customer";
- One EMBRAER 190 jet was sold to an undisclosed customer;
- Two previously unnamed customers were announced – BA
CityFlyer, from the United Kingdom, with two EMBRAER 190s, and Fuji
Dream Airlines, from Japan, with one EMBRAER 175;
- The 700th E-Jet produced was delivered by Embraer in November
and will be operated by BA CityFlyer;
- Five firm orders for the EMBRAER 190 by US Airways were
cancelled.
Super Tucano
In the defense segment, Embraer announced the sixth agreement
for establishing the industrial partnerships for the KC-390
program. Negotiations with the Argentine government could result in
the sale of six more of the military transport planes, raising the
total number of aircraft currently being negotiated to 60. The
agreements between Brazil and Chile, Colombia, Portugal, and the
Czech Republic were signed during the third quarter. The Company
also concluded the first Super Tucano sale in Asia Pacific, after
winning a bidding contest for supplying eight light attack aircraft
to the Indonesian Air Force. Deliveries will begin in 2012.
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