Embraer delivers 99 business jets in 2012 Brazilian business-jet airframer Embraer finished the year on a high as they posted better results than expected. Embraer matched the previous year's performance which looked unlikely initially but thanks to a rush of deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2012, numbers quickly soared. Embraer finished 2012 with 99 business-jet deliveries and a whopping 53 of those deliveries occured in the fourth quarter alone. The light jet category remains robust - in context - for Embraer and it showed with 77 of those deliveries being Phenom 100s and 300s. They also delivered 22 jets in the larger segment of the market, those being Legacy 650 and Lineage 1000 business jets. Although the numbers look relatively good, it is still a regression on how the Light Jets performed for Embraer. Look at 2010, 100 Phenom 100s and 26 Phenom 300s. By 2011, 83 deliveries of Phenoms occured and for 2012, 77. Embraer hopes to reverse this trend by 2014. For more information: Embraer Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 2170 São Paulo, São José dos Campos 12227-901 Brazil www1.embraerexecutivejets.com ***
