Brazil-based global major aerospace group Embraer has reported on its commercial and executive aircraft deliveries for both the second quarter and first half of this year (2Q23 and 1H23 respectively). In total, during 1H23 it delivered 62 commercial and executive jets, a year-on-year (y-o-y) increase of 35%. Deliveries for 2Q23 totalled 47, a y-o-y increase of 47%.

In greater detail, 1H23 deliveries were composed of 24 commercial and 38 executive jets, with the executive jet deliveries subdivided into 25 in the light category and 13 in the midsize category. Deliveries during 2Q23 comprised 17 commercial jets and 30 executive jets (19 light and 11 midsize). Commercial jet deliveries in 2Q23 were 55% up, y-o-y, while the equivalent increase for executive jets was 43%.

In terms of types of aircraft, in the commercial category, during 1H23 Embraer delivered 12 E175 and 12 E195-E2 airliners. During 2Q23, ten E175s and seven E195-E2s were handed over to customers.

In the executive category, 1H23 saw three Phenom 100 and 22 Phenom 300 light jets, and six Praetor 500 and seven Praetor 600 midsize jets, delivered. For 2Q23, deliveries came to one Phenom 100, 18 Phenom 300s, six Praetor 500s and five Praetor 600s.

At the end of 1H23, Embraer had a firm order backlog worth $17.3-billion. In terms of numbers, its commercial jet backlog totalled 271. This backlog was composed of 82 E175s, 16 E190-E2s and 173 E195-E2s.

The group is the world’s leading manufacturer of smaller single-aisle airliners with 150 seats or less. Its original family of such aircraft, the E-Jets, was composed of (from smallest to largest) the E170, the E175, the E190 and the E195. Of these, only the E175 is currently in production. (Total deliveries of the E170 were 191; of the E190, 568; and of E195, 172. So far, 740 E175s have been delivered.) However, the company is now offering dedicated freighter conversions for both the E190 and E195.

Embraer subsequently developed the new generation EJet-E2 family, of which the E190-E2 and E195-E2 are currently in production. At the end of 1H23, firm orders for the E190-E2 stood at 34, and for the E195-E2, at 236. The up-to-146-seat E195-E2 is the company’s largest airliner. Development of the smallest member of the EJet-E2 family, the up-to-90-seat E175-E2, is currently paused, owing to lack of demand. The group is still hopeful that orders for this version will materialise in the next couple of years.