Embraer Reports First Quarter 2005 Deliveries and Total Company Backlog SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Embraer (NYSE:ERJ) (Bovespa: EMBR3 EMBR4) today announced its first quarter 2005 deliveries and Company backlog for the Airline, Corporate and Defense markets. Deliveries by segment were as follows: Deliveries by Segment 1st. Quarter 2005 Airline Market ERJ 145 18 EMBRAER 170 10 Total Airline Market 28 Corporate Market Legacy 2 Total Corporate Market 2 Total 30 Out of the total 145 aircraft expected to be delivered in 2005, Embraer delivered 30 aircraft in the first quarter of 2005. Approximately 60% of the aircraft deliveries forecasted for 2005 will be concentrated in the second half of the year, which is when the first deliveries of the EMBRAER 175 and EMBRAER 190 are scheduled to begin. Embraer maintains its forecast for deliveries of 145 Commercial, Corporate and Defense aircraft (including only executive transport aircraft) in each of the years of 2005 and 2006. As of March 31, 2005, Embraer's firm order backlog, including the Airline, Corporate and Defense markets totaled US$ 9.9 billion. Embraer's Commercial Aviation order book by product in March 2005 was as follows: Product Firm Options Deliveries Firm Order Orders Backlog Commercial Airline Market ERJ 145 Family ERJ 135 123 2 108 15 ERJ 140 94 20 74 20 ERJ 145 681 211 634 47 Total ERJ 145 Family 898 233 816 82 EMBRAER 170/190 Family EMBRAER 170 172 137 56 116 EMBRAER 175 15 -- -- 15 EMBRAER 190 155 230 -- 155 EMBRAER 195 15 20 -- 15 Total EMBRAER 170/190 357 387 56 301 Total 1255 620 872 383 Embraer Image Gallery Visit the new Embraer Image Gallery at http://www.embraer.com/ Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (NYSE:ERJ) (Bovespa: EMBR3 and EMBR4) is the world's leading manufacturer of Commercial jets up to 110 seats with 35 years of experience in designing, developing, manufacturing, selling and providing after sales support to aircraft for the global airline, Defense and Corporate markets. With headquarters in Sao Jose dos Campos, state of Sao Paulo, the Company has offices and customer service bases in China, France, Portugal, Singapore and the United States. Embraer is among Brazil's leading exporting companies. As of March 31, 2005 Embraer had a total workforce of 16,409 people, including the employees of recently-acquired OGMA in Portugal, and its firm order backlog totaled US$ 9.9 billion. IR Contacts Anna Cecilia Bettencourt Andrea Bottcher Paulo Ferreira Phone: 55 (12) 3927 1216 Fax 55 (12) 3922 6070 e-mail: This document may contain projections, statements and estimates regarding circumstances or events yet to take place. Those projections and estimates are based largely on current expectations, forecasts on future events and financial tendencies that affect the Company's businesses. Those estimates are subject to risks, uncertainties and suppositions that include, among other: general economic, political and trade conditions in Brazil and in those markets where the Company does business; expectations on industry trends; the Company's investment plans; its capacity to develop and deliver products on the dates previously agreed upon, and existing and future governmental regulations. The words "believe," "may," "is able," "will be able," "intend," "continue," "anticipate," "expect" and other similar terms are supposed to identify potentialities. The Company does not feel compelled to publish updates nor to revise any estimates due to new information, future events or any other facts. In view of the inherent risks and uncertainties, such estimates, events and circumstances may not take place. The actual results can therefore differ substantially from those previously published as Company expectations. DATASOURCE: Embraer - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. CONTACT: Rosana Dias, in Brazil, +011-55-12-3927-1311, or cell, +011-55-12-9724-4929, or fax, +011-55-12-3927-2411, or , or North America, Doug Oliver, +1-954-359-3414, or cell, +1-954-232-9560, or fax, +1-954-359-4755, or , or Europe, Middle East and Africa, Stephane Guilbaud, +011-33-0-1-49-38445, or cell, +011-33-0-6-75-22-8519, or fax, +011-33-0-1-49-38-4456 or , or Catherine Fracchia, +011-33-0-1-49-38-4530, all of Embraer Web site: http://www.embraer.com.br/

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