Embraer delivered 44 aircraft during the first quarter of 2026, a 47% increase over the 30 units handed over in the same period a year earlier. The Brazilian manufacturer disclosed these figures in a securities filing on April 2, 2026, with growth recorded across all three business segments.
Growth across all segments
Commercial aviation accounted for 10 deliveries, up 43% from seven in Q1 2025. This comprised six E175s, one E190-E2 and three E195-E2s. Executive aviation contributed 29 jets, a 26% increase from 23 a year earlier, with the breakdown including 15 Phenom 300s, one Phenom 100, nine Praetor 500s and four Praetor 600s. The defense and security division delivered five aircraft, one KC-390 Millennium and four A-29 Super Tucanos, after recording zero deliveries in Q1 2025.
Embraer attributed the quarter’s performance to production leveling initiatives designed to smooth output across the year, a recurring challenge for the company. Historically, first quarters have been its weakest delivery period, with volumes concentrated in the final months of each fiscal year. In Q4 2025, by comparison, Embraer delivered 91 aircraft. Full-year 2025 deliveries totaled 244 units across all segments, up from 206 in 2024.
Guidance and outlook
The Q1 figures place the company on a trajectory broadly consistent with its 2026 guidance, which calls for 80 to 85 commercial aircraft and 160 to 170 executive jets. Embraer’s full-year financial outlook, disclosed in its Q4 2025 earnings release on March 6, 2026, also targets consolidated revenues of $8.2 billion to $8.5 billion, an adjusted EBIT margin of 8.7% to 9.3% and free cash flow of $200 million or more, excluding subsidiary Eve Air Mobility.
At midpoint, the delivery guidance implies roughly 6% year-on-year growth in both the commercial and executive segments, a measured pace relative to the 47% Q1 headline figure. The outsized year-on-year comparison partly reflects a weak Q1 2025 baseline, particularly in defense, where no aircraft were delivered in the prior-year quarter.
Embraer entered 2026 with a record order backlog of $31.6 billion, underpinned by a wave of commercial wins for the E195-E2 and continued demand for the KC-390 Millennium among European NATO members. Financial results for Q1 2026 are expected later this Spring.
