Embraer Reports First Quarter 2005 Deliveries and Total Company Backlog

Embraer Reports First Quarter 2005 Deliveries and Total Company
Backlog 


SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, April 15  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Embraer
(NYSE:ERJ) (Bovespa: EMBR3 EMBR4) today announced its first quarter 2005
deliveries and Company backlog for the Airline, Corporate and Defense markets.

  Deliveries by segment were as follows:

  Deliveries by Segment             1st. Quarter
                                       2005
  Airline Market
   ERJ 145                              18
   EMBRAER 170                          10
  Total Airline Market                  28

  Corporate Market
  Legacy                                 2
  Total Corporate Market                 2

  Total                                 30



Out of the total 145 aircraft expected to be delivered in 2005, Embraer
delivered 30 aircraft in the first quarter of 2005.

Approximately 60% of the aircraft deliveries forecasted for 2005 will be
concentrated in the second half of the year, which is when the first deliveries
of the EMBRAER 175 and EMBRAER 190 are scheduled to begin.

Embraer maintains its forecast for deliveries of 145 Commercial, Corporate and
Defense aircraft (including only executive transport aircraft) in each of the
years of 2005 and 2006.

As of March 31, 2005, Embraer's firm order backlog, including the Airline,
Corporate and Defense markets totaled US$ 9.9 billion.

Embraer's Commercial Aviation order book by product in March 2005 was as
follows:

  Product                     Firm      Options    Deliveries    Firm Order
                             Orders                               Backlog

  Commercial Airline Market
  ERJ 145 Family
   ERJ 135                    123          2          108           15
   ERJ 140                     94         20           74           20
   ERJ 145                    681        211          634           47
  Total ERJ 145 Family        898        233          816           82

  EMBRAER 170/190 Family
   EMBRAER 170                172        137           56          116
   EMBRAER 175                 15         --           --           15
   EMBRAER 190                155        230           --          155
   EMBRAER 195                 15         20           --           15
  Total EMBRAER 170/190       357        387           56          301

  Total                      1255        620          872          383

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Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica 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 Sao Jose dos Campos, state of Sao
Paulo, the Company has offices and customer service bases in China, France,
Portugal, Singapore and the United States. Embraer is among Brazil's leading
exporting companies. As of March 31, 2005 Embraer had a total workforce of
16,409 people, including the employees of recently-acquired OGMA in Portugal,
and its firm order backlog totaled US$ 9.9 billion.

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This document may contain projections, statements and estimates regarding
circumstances or events yet to take place. Those projections and estimates are
based largely on current expectations, forecasts on future events and financial
tendencies that affect the Company's businesses. Those estimates are subject to
risks, uncertainties and suppositions that include, among other: general
economic, political and trade conditions in Brazil and in those markets where
the Company does business; expectations on industry trends; the Company's
investment plans; its capacity to develop and deliver products on the dates
previously agreed upon, and existing and future governmental regulations.

The words "believe," "may," "is able," "will be able," "intend," "continue,"
"anticipate," "expect" and other similar terms are supposed to identify
potentialities. The Company does not feel compelled to publish updates nor to
revise any estimates due to new information, future events or any other facts.
In view of the inherent risks and uncertainties, such estimates, events and
circumstances may not take place. The actual results can therefore differ
substantially from those previously published as Company expectations. 

DATASOURCE: Embraer - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.



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