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Embraer Sets New Record by Delivering 204 Jets in 2008

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January 12, 2009

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Result is 20% greater than the previous year
São José dos Campos, January 12, 2009 – Embraer delivered 59 jets to the Commercial,
Executive, and Defense and Government aviation segments during the fourth quarter of 2008
(4Q08), totaling 204 jets in the year. For the second consecutive year, the Company set a new
aircraft delivery record, delivering 20% more airplanes than in 2007 (169 jets). The last
quarter of 2008 was also marked by the delivery of the first two Phenom 100 executive jets.
The value of the firm order backlog came to US$ 20.9 billion, on December 31, 2008.
During 4Q08, Embraer delivered 44 E-Jets to Commercial Aviation, eight Legacy 600s, two
Phenom 100s, and one EMBRAER 175 to Executive Aviation, and four jets to the Defense and Government segment.

During the last quarter of 2008, Embraer increased the number of customers with firm orders for
jets from the EMBRAER 170/190 family, with the sale of 11 E-Jets (six EMBRAER 170s and
five EMBRAER 190s) to British Airways, from the United Kingdom. The Company delivered
the first EMBRAER 190s to Holland’s KLM Cityhopper, and EMBRAER 195s to Azul Linhas
Aéreas, which is the first Brazilian airline to operate an E-Jet. Regional – Compagnie Aérienne
Européene, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air France, received the 500th E-Jet.
The new sales of the Phenom executive jets family increased the number of firm contracts to
over 850 aircraft. The entry level Phenom 100 jet received the Type Certificate (TC) from
Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil – ANAC) and
from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The first two units of the jet were
delivered in December. The ultra-large Lineage 1000 received, in the end of year, the Type
Certificate from ANAC and from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and the
Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the FAA.
In the Defense and Government segment, Embraer signed another important contract for the
Super Tucano in Latin America with the Dominican Republic, besides the sale of one aircraft

for transporting government officials in Asia to the Royal Thai Army. The Company signed a
contract amendment with the Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira – FAB) for the A-1M program of AMX modernization, in December.

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