Embraer closed the second quarter of 2026 with its strongest AprilβJune delivery performance in 16 years, handing over 65 aircraft across its commercial and executive divisions. The Brazilian manufacturer said the figure represented a 48% jump over the first quarter and a 7% increase compared with the same period a year earlier.
The commercial aviation unit delivered 20 airliners during the quarter, including six E195-E2s β the largest jet Embraer currently builds. That total doubled the 10 commercial aircraft delivered in the first quarter and edged 5% ahead of the 19 delivered in the second quarter of 2025.
Executive aviation did much of the heavy lifting, with 45 business jets delivered β up 55% from the 29 handed over in the first quarter and 18% higher than the 38 delivered a year earlier. Within that total, small jets accounted for 24 deliveries, comprising nine Praetor 500s and 12 Praetor 600s, alongside three Phenom 100s and 20 Phenom 300s in the broader executive category.
Taken together, the two divisions gave Embraer 109 deliveries for the first half of 2026, roughly 20% more than the 91 aircraft delivered in the first half of 2025. The company attributed the improvement to continued progress on its production-levelling initiatives, which aim to spread output more evenly across the year rather than concentrating handovers in the fourth quarter.
The results underline the steady recovery of Embraer's two core aircraft businesses. On the commercial side, the E-Jet E2 family β comprising the E190-E2 and the larger E195-E2 β has been positioned as an efficient right-sized option for airlines managing thinner routes, and the E195-E2 remains the manufacturer's flagship in the segment. In executive aviation, the Phenom 300 series has been among the best-selling light jets in the world for more than a decade, while the midsize Praetor 500 and 600 have broadened Embraer's reach into longer-range business travel.
Second-quarter delivery figures are closely watched across the industry because they offer an early read on production health and demand momentum heading into the second half of the year. A strong Q2, combined with a first-half total well ahead of the prior year, suggests Embraer's supply chain and assembly lines are running more smoothly than during the disruption-hit period that followed the pandemic.
The delivery update covers aircraft handovers only and does not by itself detail new orders or backlog movements for the quarter, which the company typically addresses alongside its full financial results. For now, the headline is a clear one: Embraer has not delivered this many aircraft in a single second quarter since 2010.
Sources: AeroTime, Corporate Jet Investor. Featured image: AI-generated by AviationShop. By Elena Vargas.
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