Brazilian planemaker Embraer delivered 65 aircraft in the second quarter of 2026, its strongest second-quarter performance in 16 years, the company said Thursday.

Deliveries rose 48 percent quarter-on-quarter and 7 percent year-on-year, Embraer said in a statement.

In the first half of 2026, the company delivered a total of 109 aircraft, around 20 percent more than the 91 delivered in the same period last year, aided by continued progress in its production leveling initiatives.

Embraer's Commercial Aviation unit delivered 20 new aircraft in the quarter, including six E195-E2 models, the largest aircraft currently in production in the segment. That marked a 100 percent increase from the 10 aircraft delivered in the first quarter and a 5 percent rise from the 19 delivered in the second quarter of 2025.

The Executive Aviation division delivered 45 aircraft during the quarter, up 55 percent from 29 in the first quarter and up 18 percent from 38 a year earlier. The company attributed the growth to higher deliveries across both small and medium jet segments amid sustained demand.

There were no deliveries in the Defense and Security segment during the quarter, Embraer said.

The company maintained its 2026 guidance, projecting deliveries of between 80 and 85 aircraft in Commercial Aviation, a midpoint increase of 6 percent year-on-year, and between 160 and 170 aircraft in Executive Aviation, also a 6 percent rise at the midpoint.

Embraer, headquartered in Brazil, is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets with up to 150 seats and the country's main exporter of high-value-added goods. Founded in 1969, the company has delivered more than 9,000 aircraft, with an Embraer-built plane taking off somewhere in the world roughly every 10 seconds, carrying more than 150 million passengers a year.

The company's shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange and Brazil's B3 exchange under the ticker EMBJ.

Source: PR