Aircraft
Embraer Updates Its Commercial Market Forecast
COO Luis Carlos Affonso gave the update at a presentation at Embraer's Evora plant in Portugal.
Embraer executives are all smiles. From left: Marco Túlio Pellegrini, president and CEO, executive jets; Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva, president and CEO; Jackson Schneider, executive v-p, defense and security; John Slattery, president and CEO, commercial aviation.
Embraer executives are all smiles. From left: Marco Túlio Pellegrini, president and CEO, executive jets; Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva, president and CEO; Jackson Schneider, executive v-p, defense and security; John Slattery, president and CEO, commercial aviation.

During a presentation to the media at Embraer’s Evora plant in Portugal in June, Luis Carlos Affonso, COO of Embraer Commercial Aviation, said the E-Jet had so far notched 1,700 net orders with 1,200 aircraft delivered to date since 2004. The E2 firm backlog stands at 267 (650 including options, commitments etc.), he added.