Embraer Deliveries Up In Second Quarter
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Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer said Tuesday it delivered 56 planes in the second quarter, bringing the total for the first six months of the year to 96.
That marked a slight increase over the 52 planes that Embraer delivered in the second quarter of 2008, before its new Phenom 100 business jet took to the skies.
The company said in a statement it delivered 19 business jets in the second quarter -- 13 of them Phenom 100s, which cost about USD$3 million each and can seat up to eight people.
Embraer delivered 35 commercial jets in the second quarter, most of them from its E-Jet family of regional jets in the 70- to 100-seat niche.
The company finished the second quarter with a firm order backlog of USD$19.8 billion, almost unchanged from the end of March but down from USD$20.7 billion a year ago.
Embraer's statement did not mention its year-end delivery forecast. But a spokesman for the company said it stood by its forecast of 242 aircraft for 2009.
