Last week, Embraer announced delivery of 145 aircraft from January to September, the number delivered this year is 37 more than in the same period last year. According to the company, the establishment of a process for more continuous production influenced this performance.
In the first nine months of the year, 118 commercial jets, 25 executive jets and two defence and government market jets were delivered. In the area of defence the company only discloses the delivery of jets turned to the transport of authorities. Aircraft for military use are not included in this total.
The company maintained the perspective for the delivery of between 195 and 200 aircraft in 2008, as well as 10 to 15 Phenom 100, small executive jets.
The organisation's firm order backlog reached US$ 21.6 billion in the third quarter of this year, an increase of 4.3% over the previous quarter. In all, the company has 459 orders to deliver.
Also in the third quarter, the company received 13 new orders, being 12 for the Embraer 190 and one for the Embraer 195. The orders were placed by companies in China, Austria, Mozambique and Montenegro.
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