SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Embraer delivered 40 aircraft to the Commercial and Executive aviation segments during the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09). On March 31, 2009, the Company’s firm order backlog totaled US$ 19.7 billion.

Of the 40 aircraft delivered by Embraer in 1Q09, 32 were for the Commercial Aviation segment and eight for Executive Aviation.

                Deliveries by segment        1Q09

                Commercial Aviation           32
                   ERJ 145                     1
                   EMBRAER 170                 5
                   EMBRAER 175                 3
                   EMBRAER 190                17
                   EMBRAER 195                 6

                Executive Aviation             8
                   Phenom 100                  6
                   Legacy 600                  2

                TOTAL                         40

During 1Q09, Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 195 jets to Air Dolomiti, which is a regional airline in northern Italy that belongs to Lufthansa, and Japan’s Fuji Dream Airlines received its first EMBRAER 170. At the same time, ECC Leasing Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Embraer, based in Ireland, signed a contract with Brazil’s Federal Police Department (DPF) for the sale of a second pre-owned ERJ 145 jet.

On March 31, 2009, Embraer’s order book for the Commercial Aviation segment, by product, stood at:

                                                                      Firm
                                        Firm                          Order
      Aircraft Type                    Orders   Options  Deliveries  Backlog

      ERJ 145 Family
         ERJ 135                         108       -        108         -
         ERJ 140                          74       -         74         -
         ERJ 145                         733      50        694        39
      Total - ERJ 145 Family             915      50        876        39

      EMBRAER 170/190 Family
         EMBRAER 170                     193      84        153        40
         EMBRAER 175                     135     173        117        18
         EMBRAER 190                     436     459        218       218
         EMBRAER 195                     111      76         33        78
      Total - EMBRAER 170/190 Family     875     792        521       354

      TOTAL                            1,790     842      1,397       393

In the Defense and Government segment, Embraer announced another important contract for the sale of the Super Tucano in Latin America, in March — this time, to Ecuador, which acquired 24 aircraft — raising the total orders for this model to 169.

Embraer also announced the signing of two important long-term (ten-year) service contracts, in 1Q09, for the Pool replacement parts program. The first, with Petroecuador – Empresa Estatal Petroleos del Ecuador, was in support of the ERJ 145 jet operated by the Ecuadorean company, and the other came through Embraer Asia Pacific (EAP), a Company subsidiary in Singapore, with Japan Airlines (JAL), in support of the EMBRAER 170 jets operated by J-AIR, a wholly owned subsidiary of JAL.