Embraer delivered 28 business jets in the course of the third quarter, accounting for 65 percent of the corporate’s total and representing a 22 percent increase over the identical period last yr.
Deliveries included 17 Phenom 300s and two Phenom 100s, compared with 13 Phenom 300s and two Phenom 100s in third-quarter 2022. Embraer also handed over nine Praetors (4 500s and five 600s) in probably the most recent quarter, up from 4 apiece a yr earlier.
For the primary three quarters of the yr, Embraer delivered 66 business jets, compared with 39 industrial airplanes.
The worth of its executive aviation backlog now stands at $4.3 billion, while its book-to-bill ratio of 1.5:1 highlights the high volume of jet sales and deliveries. Embraer said the business unit continues to enjoy sustained demand across its entire portfolio and powerful customer acceptance in each retail and fleet markets.
At NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas, Embraer introduced the Phenom 100EX and revealed an autothrottle feature for the Phenom 300E.
Individually, Embraer said this month that it has successfully tested the Phenom 300E and Praetor 600 on 100% neat sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The tests, during which the aircraft flew on one engine running on 100% SAF, took place at Embraer’s facility in Melbourne, Florida, and provided what the corporate called significant insight into systems performance.
Embraer also said that Embraer-CAE Training Services (ECTS) will add more training capability with the deployment of two latest Phenom 300 full-flight simulators. The corporate expects one to enter service in early 2024 at CAE London Burgess Hill, and the opposite within the third quarter of next yr at CAE Las Vegas.