Embraer delivered at least 15 commercial aircraft in Q3 2024, according to flight records. If confirmed by the company, it will be the same number achieved between July and September last year.
The data refers to aircraft that flew for its customers and includes jets up to October 1 that are normally considered delivered even before they leave Embraer facilities.
According to our research, there would have been two E190-E2s (one for Scoot and one for Royal Jordanian), four E175s (three for Republic and one for Skywest) and nine E195-E2s, of which five went to Porter Airlines, two to LOT and another two to Azul.
From January to September, Embraer would have delivered at least 41 commercial aircraft, slightly above the result of 2023, when 39 jets were delivered.
It is worth remembering that the official numbers, which will be released on October 18, may vary since some aircraft may not have been tracked.
Supply chain issues
With just over 40 aircraft delivered in nine months, Embraer will have to accelerate deliveries in the last quarter, traditionally when there are more deliveries to customers.
But reaching the 2024 target will be quite a challenge, as Embraer has set a minimum target of 72 aircraft while the target is to deliver 80 jets.
In other words, it would need to deliver about 30 jets in the coming months to comfortably surpass the 2023 numbers.
The lower-than-expected results are believed to be related to persistent supply chain issues that are affecting the entire industry.
In a recent statement, Azul Linhas Aereas CEO John Rodgerson told Reuters that the plan to add 13 E195-E2 jets to the fleet before Christmas has already been abandoned.
As of last week, only four of them had been delivered, and Rodgerson cited Embraer’s difficulty in resolving the component shortage.
Azul has 24 E2s in service, the second-largest fleet of the next-generation aircraft, behind only Porter, which currently operates 42 E195-E2s.
