Embraer Reports Fourth Quarter 2005 Deliveries and Total Company Backlog

SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Embraer (Bovespa: EMBR3 EMBR4) today announced its fourth quarter 2005 deliveries and Company backlog for the Airline, Business and Defense markets.

Deliveries by segment were as follows: Deliveries by Segment 4th Quarter 2005 2005 Airline Market ERJ 135 -- 2 ERJ 145 6 46 EMBRAER 170 11 46 (1) EMBRAER 175 5 14 EMBRAER 190 10 12 Total Airline Market 32 120 Business Jet Market Legacy 6 14 Total Business Jet Market 6 14 Defense Market (*) EMB 145 -- 1 Legacy 2 6 Total Defense Market 2 7 Total 40 141 Deliveries identified by parentheses were aircraft delivered under operating leases. (*) Includes only deliveries of aircraft for authority transportation.

Deliveries for the fourth quarter reached 40 aircraft and accumulated deliveries for the year totaled 141 aircraft. Two EMBRAER 190s, which were scheduled to be delivered in December, were delivered in early January and two EMBRAER 170 aircraft, sold by the Defense segment to a state-run airline, had their deliveries rescheduled to 2006 as a result of final negotiations between government authorities.

Embraer expects to deliver 145 Airline, Business and Defense aircraft (including only aircraft for authority transportation) in 2006 and maintains its forecast to deliver 150 aircraft in 2007.

As of December 31, 2005, Embraer's firm order backlog, including the Airline, Business and Defense markets totaled US$10.4 billion.

Embraer's order book by product in December 2005 was as follows: Aircraft Type Firm Orders Options Deliveries Firm Order Backlog ERJ 145 Family ERJ 135 123 2 108 15 ERJ 140 94 20 74 20 ERJ 145 677 157 667 10 Total ERJ 145 Family 894 179 849 45 EMBRAER 170/190 Family EMBRAER 170 198 114 92 106 EMBRAER 175 22 -- 14 8 EMBRAER 190 191 217 12 179 EMBRAER 195 29 31 -- 29 Total EMBRAER 170/190 Family 440 362 118 322 Total 1334 541 967 367 Note: Order backlog includes orders for the defense segment placed by state-run airlines (Satena and TAME). To access the full version of this release visit http://www.embraer.com/ . Embraer Image Gallery Visit the new Embraer Image Gallery at http://www.embraer.com/ . About Embraer

Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.) (Bovespa: EMBR3 EMBR4) is the world's leading manufacturer of Commercial jets up to 110 seats with 36 years of experience in designing, developing, manufacturing, selling and providing after-sales support to aircraft for the global Airline, Defense and Business jet markets. With headquarters in Sao Jose dos Campos, state of Sao Paulo, the Company has offices and customer service bases in the United States, France, Portugal, China and Singapore. Embraer is among Brazil's leading exporting companies. As of December 31, 2005, Embraer had a total workforce of 16,953 people, and its firm order backlog totaled US$10.4 billion.

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 others: 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 and 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.

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