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Embraer

Growth through efficiency and innovation, Long-term growth

We have a clear growth strategy for the coming years, focused on efficiency and innovation
Francisco Gomes Neto, Embraer’s CEO, 2024 annual report

Growth through efficiency and innovation

Embraer builds aircraft in Brazil: jets of up to 150 seats for airlines, business jets, and military aircraft, and it supports them in service around the world. Its strategy is growth through efficiency and innovation in those four businesses. Each year it says how many jets it expects to deliver.

  • Commercial Aviation

    Jets for airlines of up to 150 seats: the E2 family and the first-generation E-Jets.

  • DeliveriesDeliver 80 to 85 commercial jets in 2026, after 78 in 2025.
  • Production levellingLevel production through the year, so jets are built and handed over more evenly.
  • 24 July 2026The backlog was US$15.1 billion at the end of June 2026, up 15% in a year, after Azorra ordered 15 E195-E2s and the E2 passed 500 firm orders.
  • 10 August 2026Revenue rose 8% to US$625 million in the second quarter of 2026, on higher volumes.

A record backlog for seven quarters in a row

Embraer’s firm order backlog reached US$34.5 billion at the end of June 2026, 16% more than a year earlier.

FL260FL280FL300FL320FL340FL3604Q24FL263US$26.3bn1Q25FL264US$26.4bn2Q25FL297US$29.7bn3Q25FL313US$31.3bn4Q25FL316US$31.6bn1Q26FL321US$32.1bn2Q26FL345US$34.5bn

Backlog by business unit, end of June 2026

  • Commercial AviationUS$15.1bn
  • Executive AviationUS$7.8bn
  • Defense & SecurityUS$6.1bn
  • Services & SupportUS$5.5bn

Backlog at the end of each quarter. The flight level reads the backlog: FL345 is US$34.5 billion.,,

244 aircraft handed over in 2025

Embraer delivered 244 aircraft in 2025, 18% more than the 206 of 2024: 78 airliners, 155 business jets, and 11 military aircraft.

Each aircraft is one delivered. Solid outlines run to the bottom of the 2026 guidance, dashed ones to the top. Defence deliveries are not guided.,,

  1. Guide the numbers your people can move.

    Each year Embraer guides how many commercial and business jets it will deliver, as well as revenue, margin, and cash. We recommend including the operational numbers teams control, not only the financial ones, so everyone can see which part of the result is theirs.

  2. Explain every change to the guidance.

    When Embraer raised its 2026 margin guidance, it split the circa US$110 million rise into a tax credit, a tariff exemption, and a better business outlook. We recommend saying how much of a change comes from outside events and how much from the business, so a one-off is not read as progress.

  3. Grow the business that follows every sale.

    Embraer calls services one of its main growth pillars, and its services backlog grew to a record as more aircraft entered service. We recommend planning the recurring work that follows each sale as its own line of growth, with its own targets.

Sources

  1. 1. Embraer S.A. (2025). 2024 Annual Report. Embraer. embraer.com
  2. 2. Embraer S.A. (2026). Earnings results, 4th quarter and fiscal year 2025. Embraer, 6 March 2026. embraer.com
  3. 3. Embraer S.A. (2026). Embraer earnings release 1Q26. PR Newswire, 8 May 2026. prnewswire.com
  4. 4. Embraer S.A. (2026). Embraer’s backlog reached US$34.5 billion in 2Q26, marking its 7th consecutive record high. Embraer, 24 July 2026. embraer.com
  5. 5. Embraer S.A. (2026). Embraer earnings results, 2nd quarter 2026. PR Newswire, 10 August 2026. prnewswire.com

Headwater is not connected with Embraer. Embraer, E2, E-Jets, Praetor, C-390 Millennium, and Super Tucano are trade marks of their owners. Updated 29 September 2026.

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