Embraer: 25th Year in Three Continents
Posted by Jess Dayuno on May 30th, 2008
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The Brazilian Aerospace conglomerate are celebrating its 25th year in three continents, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
They made their presence felt in these continents back in 1983 as they opened up an office in Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France. It is their second facility outside of Brazil. Their first one was the facility in the U.S back in 1979.
Photo Credit: Andrei Dimofte
Their first customer was the French Navy and Air Force. Embraer manufactured and delivered military aircrafts in 1982. Then by 1986 they were introducing new commercial aircrafts, the ERJ 145 Family of Jets. They supplied business and military jets for different countries in these continents. Then by 2004 Polish and Alitalia Airlines were the first to get interested with the Embraer’s E-Jets family which can seat 70-120 passengers.
They are currently the fourth largest yearly delivery of commercial aircraft and has a backlog of orders amounting to USD$18.8 billion. Their 2007 revenue was around USD$5.245 billion. Today, they continue to provide aircraft enthusiasts different types of jets for the military, commercial, agriculture and general aviation.
For a complete list of their aircrafts, go and visit: Embraer.