Embraer delivered 66 aircraft in the third quarter of 2026, the best third-quarter delivery total in the Brazilian manufacturer’s history, according to the company’s Form 6-K and reporting from Aviation News EU and FlightGlobal on October 2, 2026.
The tally rose 2 percent quarter-over-quarter and 6 percent year-over-year. Across the first nine months of 2026, Embraer handed over 175 aircraft, 14 percent more than the 153 delivered in the same period of 2025, as production-leveling work continued to smooth output away from a second-half spike.
Commercial Aviation delivered 22 new jets in the quarter, split evenly between 11 Embraer E175s and 11 E2-family aircraft. That commercial volume was up 10 percent versus both the prior quarter and the year-ago quarter, when 20 commercial aircraft were delivered.
Executive Aviation delivered 41 business jets, flat with the third quarter of 2025. The company said the mix reflected two years of leveling that has reduced the traditional concentration of business-jet handovers late in the year. Defense & Security contributed three aircraft: one KC-390 Millennium and two A-29 Super Tucanos, versus one defense delivery a year earlier.
Embraer reiterated full-year 2026 guidance of 80 to 85 commercial aircraft and 160 to 170 executive jets. Hitting the midpoints would require another 28–33 commercial deliveries and roughly 45–55 executive jets in the fourth quarter, a pace FlightGlobal highlighted as the remaining hurdle after the record Q3 print.
The 6-K tables break executive deliveries into Phenom 100 (2), Phenom 300 (20), Praetor 500 (9) and Praetor 600 (10) for the quarter, with commercial E190-E2 and E195-E2 contributing four and seven units respectively alongside the 11 E175s. Those figures matter for lessors and regional airlines watching E2 availability into 2027.
Aviation News EU framed the result as evidence that Embraer’s multi-year production-smoothing program is working operationally, not only on paper. FlightGlobal’s October 2 report independently confirmed the 66-aircraft headline and the remaining Q4 gap to guidance, while noting paywalled analysis around engine and supply-chain constraints that still shadow the industry.
For U.S. and European operators, the commercial split is the actionable signal: E175 output remains central to U.S. scope-clause flying, while E2 deliveries continue to feed carriers refreshing older E-Jets. Defense’s KC-390 and Super Tucano contributions are smaller in count but keep the military line active alongside civil production.
Embraer’s release did not change the annual guidance bands. Management language around leveling suggests the company wants investors to judge 2026 on a more even quarterly cadence rather than a December sprint. The record Q3 print is the clearest quarterly proof point yet that the plan is delivering metal, not just slides.
No contradictory company correction has emerged since the October 2 disclosures. Provisional tallies from secondary trackers may differ slightly until Embraer’s next formal industrial update, but the 66-aircraft figure and the 22/41/3 segment split are anchored in the issuer’s own 6-K.
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