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Q1 FY2026 · Earnings Call TranscriptMay 8, 2026

Gui Paiva

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thanks for standing by. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

This broadcast is intended exclusively for the participants of this event and may not be reproduced or retransmitted without the express authorization of Embraer. This conference call will be conducted in English, but please let me say a short announcement for Portuguese speakers.

Essa conferência será realizada originalmente em inglês. Para ouvir a tradução em português, primeiro selecione o idioma no botão interpretação e segundo desative o áudio original na plataforma Zoom.

My name is Gui Paiva, and I'm the Head of Investor Relations, M&A and Venture Capital for Embraer. Welcome to Embraer's first quarter 2026 earnings conference call.

The numbers in this presentation contain non-GAAP financial information to help investors reconcile its financial information in GAAP standards to Embraer's IFRS. We remind you, its results were discussed at the company's conference call earlier this week.

Before we begin, a legal notice to everyone. This presentation may contain forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, as detailed in the disclaimer available in the slides and in the documents filed with the Brazilian Securities Commission, CVM.

At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. Instructions for the Q&A session will be provided later.

Participants on today's conference call are Francisco Gomes Neto, President and CEO of Embraer, Felipe Santana, Chief Financial Officer, Thais Moraes, Corporate Communications Director, and myself. This conference call consists of three parts.

First, we will present the results for the first quarter of 2026. Second, we will host a Q&A session exclusively for investors, and finally, we will hold a dedicated Q&A session for the press.

It is my pleasure now to turn the conference call to our President and CEO, Francisco Gomes Neto. Please go ahead, Francisco.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Thank you, Gui. Good morning and good afternoon to everyone.

It is a pleasure to be here with you to share Embraer's first quarter 2026 results. We achieved the strongest first quarter revenue in our history, the highest aircraft deliveries in a decade, and another all-time record backlog.

We continue to see tangible progress in production leveling and greater stability across our assembly lines. As a side note, Q2 is off for a great start: shout-out to the UAE, who just signed a purchase agreement for 10 C-390 aircraft, plus 10 options, the second biggest order after the Brazilian Air Force.

This gives us confidence not only to deliver on our 2026 guidance, but also to pursue our mid-term ambition of double-digit billion revenues and double-digit EBIT margins. Turning to the highlights of the quarter: Commercial Aviation, order of 18 E195-E2 jets from Finnair, another very important customer in Europe.

Executive Aviation, best first quarter of the decade, driven by strong demand and the launch of the new Praetor 500E and 600E in the mid and super mid segments. Defense & Security, double-digit revenue growth, momentum for KC-390 and A-29 platforms, plus a new partnership with Northrop Grumman for the US Abis program.

Service and Supports, expanding recurring revenues through fresh contracts, including Airnorth for E-170, E-195 fleets, and Hungary for C-390 fleets. 44 aircraft delivered last quarter: 10 commercial jets, 29 executive jets, and 5 defense.

Year-on-year growth: nearly 50% increase overall, with commercial aviation up 43% and executive aviation up 26%. Commercial Aviation guidance: 10 commercial jets delivered, equal to 12% of guidance midpoint, one point above the five-year average.

Executive Aviation guidance: 29 jets delivered, equal to 18% of guidance midpoint, and seven points above the five-year average. Company backlog reached 32 billion in the quarter, up 22% year-on-year, a new historical record for the sixth consecutive time.

Commercial Aviation backlog reached 15 billion, up 60% year-on-year, with an impressive three-book-to-bill ratio over the past 12 months. Other segments backlog, Executive Aviation, Defense & Security, and Service and Support, totaled 17.1 billion, up mid-single digits year-on-year, with book-to-bill ratios at or slightly above one.

Approximately 20 billion in options, which could expand backlog beyond 50 billion as exercised over time. Now I would like to share a brief update on E-2's steady progress.

The test campaign is transitioning towards horizontal flights in the second quarter, with our prototype having already completed more than 54 flights in a total of 2 hours and 17 minutes of flight time year-to-date. With that, I will now turn the call over to Felipe to walk you through our financial results.

Felipe, over to you.

Felipe Santana

Thank you, Francisco. Good morning and good afternoon, everyone.

Let me start with the results by business unit. All comparisons are year over year, unless otherwise noted.

Slide 9, Commercial Aviation and Executive Aviation. Starting with Commercial Aviation, revenues were up 45% to $293 million, driven by higher deliveries and pricing.

Adjusted EBIT was negative $28 million, with a negative 9.7% margin, due to client mix, logistics costs, and the absence of supplier credits recorded last year. In Executive Aviation, revenues increased nearly 30% to $418 million, reflecting strong demand and favorable product mix.

Adjusted EBIT reached $25 million, with a positive 6% margin. The declining margin was mainly due to U.S.

import tariffs, client mix, and higher selling expenses. Slide 10, Defense, Security and Service and Support.

In Defense and Security, revenues increased 62%, reaching $227 million. Adjusted EBIT was $38 million, with a positive 17% margin, driven by higher KC-390 revenue recognition, increased A-29 production, and positive one-time items.

In Service and Support, revenues reached $419 million. Adjusted EBIT totaled $17 million, with a positive 14.3% margin, supported by materials and more than offsetting the impact of U.S.

import tariffs. Slide 12, Net Revenues.

At the consolidated level, net revenues increased 31% to $1.4 billion in the first quarter, representing 70% of guidance midpoint, two points above the five-year historical average. From a business mix perspective, services accounted for 34% of revenues, Commercial and Executive Aviation around 20% each, and Defense 16%.

Slide 13, Adjusted EBITDA and EBIT. Adjusted EBITDA was $144 million, with 9.9% of margin, a small increase compared to a year ago.

Now, adjusted EBIT was $94 million, with 6.5% of margin, 1 point higher year over year and 7.7 points above the five-year average. Slide 14: Free cash flow and investments.

Adjusted free cash flow excluding IFRS was negative $147 million in the quarter. This reflects our preparation for higher numbers of aircraft deliveries in the coming quarters.

Investments totaled $99 million during the quarter, compared to $8 million last year, including $38 million in CAPEX, $36 million in intangible additions, $14 million in the pool program, and $11 million in research. Slide 15: Adjusted net income.

Adjusted net income was $28 million in the last quarter, a decrease of $23 million. The adjusted net income margin was positive 1.9%, down 2.6 points.

Earnings per ADS improved from negative 1.0 in 2022 to 1.9 in 2025, and now stands at 1.7 on a last 12 months basis. Slide 16: Financial position.

Financial leverage stood at 0.6 times net debt to EBITDA, IFRS excluding IFRS, or 0.1 times higher than last year, driven by a lower cash position. Our average debt maturity is still at a comfortable 8.7 years, and its average cost at 5.6% in U.S.

dollars. Shareholder remuneration.

For fiscal year 2025, we distributed 25% of net income, declaring a total of 524.9 million Brazilian reais in shareholder remuneration through interest on equity and dividends. This corresponds to 0.782 Brazilian cents per share and a dividend yield of approximately 0.9%.

With that, I will hand it back to Francisco for his final remarks. Thank you.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Thank you, Felipe. The first quarter of 2026 strengthens our belief in Embraer’s strategic positioning and execution capability.

Rising deliveries, sustained demand across all segments, and expanding recurring revenues are converging to fuel sustainable top-line growth. These results reflect the discipline, the focus, and commitment of our people across the organization.

That same discipline drives efficiency while we invest in new technologies to enable ambitious and profitable long-term expansion. Anchored by our values, safety first and quality always, guiding everything we do.

This approach positions Embraer to keep delivering value for our customers, employees, and shareholders. With that, I would like to move on to the Q&A.

Operator

We will now start the question and answer session. We remind you again this conference is being recorded.

This broadcast is intended exclusively for the participants of this event and may not be reproduced or retransmitted without the express authorization of Embraer. We also highlight this conference call is being conducted in English with translation to Portuguese.

Please let me say a short announcement for Portuguese speakers. Essa conferência está sendo realizada originalmente em inglês.

Para ouvir a tradução em português, pressione o botão interpretação da plataforma Zoom e selecione o idioma português. Após selecionar o idioma no botão interpretação, clique também em desativar o áudio original na plataforma para melhorar a qualidade da transmissão em português.

We request participants interested in asking questions to press the raise a hand button on the platform. When your name is announced, make sure your microphone is on and start your question.

To give everyone a chance to participate, we request to ask just one question per time. If you need assistance, please use the Q&A button on the platform.

We will also answer questions sent via the platform chat. The first part of the Q&A session will be exclusively for equity research analysts and investors.

The second part of the Q&A will be only for the press. The first question comes from Kristine Liwag with Morgan Stanley.

Please go ahead. Please hold a sec.

Kristine Liwag

Hi, good morning everyone. Thank you for sharing your results this morning.

Francisco, Felipe, and Felipe, congratulations on your new role. You’ve got a record backlog, recognizing that the business is in a position of strength, can you talk about how Iran and oil prices are affecting customers’ decision regarding their fleet?

Is this a period where they’re leaning on and really evaluating new airplanes? Are they looking at continued life extensions of the existing aircraft that they have?

Any color that you have to share about how they’re looking at this dynamic would be helpful. Thank you.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Hi, Kristine. Thank you very much for your question.

We are closely monitoring the situation on the war. Rising costs, of course, may impact airlines’ fleet expansion and renewal plans.

However, at this time, there is no direct impact on Embraer. We don’t see any diminishing interest in new campaigns or any movements to delay deliveries.

Kristine Liwag

Great, super helpful. If I could follow up on another question.

We’ve seen that the E2 weighs less than the A220. I think the weight difference is something like 8,000 kilos.

In this environment where airlines are reminded again that oil is a variable that they can’t control and can vary widely, are they factoring this in about the decision when they’re evaluating the E220 and the E2? Is this environment incrementally better for the E2, from what you’ve seen?

Are there signs of that, or are we still in early stages for those kinds of campaigns?

Francisco Gomes Neto

No, absolutely. We are now very well positioned with the E2 in this environment, because we have the most efficient aircraft in that segment of a small narrow body, and we see more and more airlines showing interest in our product.

Again, we are, to say, cautiously optimistic about new campaigns with the E2s.

Kristine Liwag

Great, thank you.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Thank you.

Operator

The next question comes from Marcelo Motta with JPMorgan. Please go ahead.

Marcelo Motta

Hi everyone, Francisco, Felipe, congrats for the new position, well deserved. Is a question regarding the defense one-off, the 25 million dollars, if you guys could explain a little bit more detail on what it means and what is happened now.

Any information that can help us to figure out that 25 million will be very helpful. Thank you.

Gui Paiva

Hi Marcelo, Gui, Paiva here at Embraer. Thanks for the question.

As in defense we account under the percentage of completion methodology, and we did have an amendment to a contract with a client in the quarter, and that amendment was calculated retroactively to the start of the contract, and therefore we booked that benefit fully in the quarter. That explains the 25 million for the division.

Marcelo Motta

Perfect. Super clear.

Thank you, Gui.

Operator

The next question comes from Louis Raffetto with Wolfe Research. Please go ahead.

Louis Raffetto

Good morning.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Good morning.

Louis Raffetto

Hey, maybe just a follow-up on that, was that something that would have been expected for this to happen at this year, just timing uncertain, that adjustment in defense, or would that be incremental to the full year?

Gui Paiva

That was something that was expected by us. The timing was a little bit ahead that we had expected, but it was forecasted for the year.

Louis Raffetto

Great. Thank you.

Then just on the share repo, you’ve done two quarters in a row now. Is this something we should continue to expect to see?

Felipe Santana

We’re taking a conservative approach because of the current high uncertainties, and we prefer to wait for additional visibility before making any change to our outlook, but we are very comfortable on the midpoint of our guidance.

Louis Raffetto

Thank you very much.

Operator

The next question comes from Ron Epstein with Bank of America. Please go ahead.

Ron Epstein

Hey, good morning, guys. In your prepared remarks, you mentioned about investments in the future.

Could you walk through what you’re thinking about those investments and could you discuss a little bit where you’re investing for the future?

Felipe Santana

Hi, Ron. Felipe here.

Thank you for the question. As you mentioned, we keep investing on our increase of production in Melbourne facility to support the increase of the backlog on the aviation.

Also we continue to invest to increase our footprint, especially on the MRO in Texas that we’re investing, and also we’ll be investing in OGMA to increase the production also on the KC and also on the GTF program. This is the focus of the investment of the company currently.

Francisco Gomes Neto

If I can complement you, Felipe, we are also investing in new technologies to be prepared for a new cycle of products of Embraer in the next future.

Ron Epstein

Got it, got it. Then what are you all seeing in your own supply chain today?

I know engines have been a gating factor with your ability to deliver aircraft at a quicker rate. How is the engine supply chain going, and are there other areas where you’re seeing challenges in the supply chain?

I know in the executive aviation industry, things like just windows have been hard to get, all that. How’s that going?

Francisco Gomes Neto

Thanks for the question, Ron. We do have some suppliers that we are working with them very closely that is pushing our deliveries further to the next quarters, but we have seen a lot of improvements.

You can see by the deliveries we made in Q1, 47% more than we did in Q1 last year, and this shows how the situation is improving. Regarding engines specifically, ITO we have the situation under control in terms of deliveries, E1 improving as well.

We don’t see any risk for us for our guidance this year in terms of production and deliveries, and we are working closely with the suppliers to improve the delivery cadence so that we can level our production, improving in this year but achieving a highest level of leveling production in 2027.

Ron Epstein

Got it, got it, got it. Then can you speak to ongoing campaigns in regions of the world?

Are there any regions of the world that are hotter today than others in terms of campaigns for E1 or E2?

Francisco Gomes Neto

We campaign in almost all the regions for EJets. We normally do not disclose the campaigns, but we are optimistic that we will have a good year as well.

Not as good as last year, because last year we had amazing sales of EJets, but this year is going to be good as well.

Ron Epstein

Got it. Thank you.

Francisco Gomes Neto

You are welcome, Ron.

Operator

The next question comes from André Ferreira with Bradesco BBI. Please go ahead.

André Ferreira

Hi, good morning. Thank you for taking my question, and I wanted to congratulate Felipe on the new job.

Just going back to the one-off items this quarter, tariffs are clear, impacts on defense, I think you covered in a previous question, but on the commercial side, maybe not really a one-off, but we’re seeing higher logistics costs. Could you give more details?

Did it accelerate production rate for deliveries, or was it something else? If you could give us a color of how much impact that was on margins or in USD, thank you.

Felipe Santana

Hi, Andre. Felipe here.

Thank you for your question. We do have these logistics costs, and we believe it was much more a one item during the first quarter.

We don’t foresee that on the coming quarters, and this basically was around $7 million of impact on the first quarter.

André Ferreira

Thank you. Was it related to anything specific or different from the previous quarters?

Felipe Santana

No, no, nothing different.

André Ferreira

Thank you. Have a good day.

Thank you.

Felipe Santana

You too.

Operator

The next question comes from Lucas Marquiori with BTG. Please go ahead.

Lucas Marquiori

Hey guys, morning, and welcome, Felipe, to the group. Just one question on defense regarding this latest contract you guys signed with the Emirates.

I just wanted to know if that is kind of a building platform for that client to maybe distribute more of your products throughout the region? If there’s any kind of a volume upside on top of that signed contract already, or how do you guys see this kind of opportunity in the Middle East?

Second question on margin base though, how diluted was the delivered margin versus your forecast, right? Because, in terms of deliveries and terms of volumes, you guys had a stronger quarter, but even looking on a year-over-year comparison, your margins were slightly weaker, right?

I know there’s climate, there’s logistics costs, and all of these sorts of the effects that you guys already mentioned, but I just wanted to know if that’s already included on your curve for expected margin improvement throughout the year? Thanks, guys, for the questions.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Right, Lucas, good morning. Francisco here.

I will start with question number one, and then Felipe will help you with, Guy, or Felipe will help with question number two. I don’t need to tell how happy we are with this new order in the Middle East, the first one in the region for the KC-390.

Very important and relevant order, ten aircraft firms and ten options, and yes, this open opportunity for us to extend new views with the neighborhood in the region, right? It shows, as happened in Europe, that these aircraft really is the best in class in that segment, and going to the Middle East, yes, we see an opportunity for new sales in the region with the KC, and the ten options can help us to do that, the same thing we have with Portugal and we have with the Netherlands.

Now, Felipe, Gui, I think you will take care of the second one, right?

Gui Paiva

Yeah. Thanks for the question, Lucas.

Good to hear you. We operate a complex business, obviously there are fluctuations that happen quarter to quarter.

I think most importantly, if we're looking forward, we feel very confident and comfortable with the guidance that we put out, with 9% EBITDA margin at the midpoint of it, and if we continue to see the status quo of tariffs not being implemented on Brazil and on us, we estimate in the last quarter that we could see an additional 60 basis for the year.

Lucas Marquiori

Thank you, guys. Have a good day.

Francisco Gomes Neto

You too, Lucas.

Operator

The next question comes from Noah Poponak with Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead.

Noah Poponak

Hey, good morning, everyone.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Morning.

Noah Poponak

Maybe on the margin question and topic, just given some moving pieces, and as Gui just alluded to, the quarterly volatility that can happen, if we take the full year total company margin guidance that you have, is it possible to just speak to, for full year 2026 versus 2025, what you see by segment, which segments are higher, which are lower directionally?

Felipe Santana

Thank you, Noah. Felipe here.

What we foresee when we compare right by business units, on commercial probably we're going to see stable compared to last year. On defense, an improvement going up, executive as well going up, and defense support as well.

Most of the growth that we're going to see will be pushed by these three business units and commercial much more steady.

Noah Poponak

Great. That's helpful.

Then as you've discussed investing in output for executive, where does that get you on capable annual deliveries? Where do you want to take supply annual deliveries relative to the effort to grow and give customers jets, but also keep a backlog and keep supply demand tight?

Francisco Gomes Neto

Noah, this is really a great question. This is a combination of our supply chain capabilities and our own production capabilities.

We are working on both fronts. We are investing in expanding our sites in Brazil, Portugal, and the United States over the past two years, and also optimizing the utilization of our assets, producing more aircraft in the same area.

In parallel, we have been working very closely with our key suppliers to make sure that they supply the parts we need to support our growth. We are growing year after year, we are growing this year, we are going to grow in the following years.

We have seen that by the end of the decade, we expect to reach production of 420 commercial jets and 200 executive jets and 10 KC-390. This is the plan we have been working on.

Also very important, we want to deliver all the aircraft on time to our customers, and we are improving in that direction as well.

Noah Poponak

Okay. Then maybe just last one on defense revenue and growth.

Given the growth rate in the quarter, obviously it's an easier absolute dollar compare in the year-ago quarter, but I guess what's within the total company full year 2026 revenue guidance, what's assumed for defense growth or a range of dollars? Then as you execute on that program growth beyond this year, how can we think about or how can you frame where defense revenues can make it to closer to the end of the decade?

Felipe Santana

Felipe here, Noah. Thank you.

On defense, right, we don't give specific numbers, but the way that we see is that around six, probably six aircrafts this year, KCs, and 12 A-29s. That's the way that we see, and we see this pace of deliveries growing, especially on KC, year per year, up to 10 aircrafts in the end of the decade.

Francisco Gomes Neto

If I may follow on to complement this answer, Noah, we have been working on a new initiative we call pull to the left, which aims to anticipate revenues and higher profitability. Then we are focusing on enhancing our execution process, accelerating revenue, and improving profitability at a faster pace.

As things are now coming to a more stable situation, we believe there is an opportunity for us to accelerate our efficiency programs within the company.

Noah Poponak

Okay. Excellent.

Thank you so much.

Francisco Gomes Neto

You are welcome, Noah.

Operator

The next question comes from Daniel Gasparete with Itaú BBA. Please go ahead.

Daniel Gasparete

Good morning, guys. Thank you very much for the opportunity.

Two questions here from my side. The first one would be if you could kindly walk us through what affected margins on executive aviation.

You mentioned expenses with the Praetor, just to get a better idea of how much it was, how much the margin would be excluding for that. That would be the question number one.

Also if you could comment on the same dynamic for the commercial aviation. Secondly would be on the adjustments on the Republic order.

Just to have a better understand how that works in terms of is there any kind of cost for the client? Is it a conversation you have with them and you can simply accommodate them, or does that change the price?

Does it have any kind of fee? Just to have a better understanding of how that works in terms of rearrangement of orders.

Thank you very much.

Felipe Santana

Felipe here, Gasparete. Thank you for the question.

The first question I will answer here. When we look to executive aviation, the margin was pressure reflected U.S.

tariffs, right? We had the U.S.

tariffs this quarter that we didn't have last year. Also the customer mix.

We had much more fractional companies being delivered compared to the last year. Also with the launch of the new Praetor 500 and 600E models, we also had an impact on the selling expenses to that.

The way that we see the coming quarters will be normalized and we don't expect any more impacts on the margins of executive aviation. The second question, Gui will take you.

Gui Paiva

Hi, Gasparete, thanks for the question. In terms of the Republic order, I think it's important to highlight first that there was no change whatsoever to the total order of aircraft order with us and in the backlog.

The adjustment was purely limited to the delivery schedule, which was revised by mutual agreement between the two parties. The Republic slots were reallocated already for other customers.

It should have no impact on our deliveries for the next few years.

Daniel Gasparete

Great. Thank you, Felipe.

Thank you, Gui.

Operator

The next question comes from Alberto Valerio with UBS. Please go ahead.

Alberto Valerio

Morning, Francisco, Felipe, Gui. Thank you for taking my question first.

Welcome, Felipe. It would be a pleasure to work with you on this meeting.

I have two on my side. The first on tariffs.

I would like to know if this was one non-recurring item on the first quarter. I thought this new 10% tariffs would not be hitting the aerospace products.

The second one, and also on tariffs, the Section 232 has any involvement or any impact on the costs of your suppliers from Mexico and Canada? The second one is about the booked view, how have been in the second quarter, what should we expect for this division, and if you could tell us if change expectation, because I imagine that service might change with some grounding of older aircraft, if you make comment on this one.

Thank you very much.

Felipe Santana

Felipe, here, thank you Albert for your question. Again, the tariffs, right, we had the impact on the first quarter of $13 million, mainly related to inventory effects, but looking forward, we still have another $11 million inventory that should impact the second quarter of this year.

When we look right to the potential impact of the U.S. Section 232, we maintain the tariffs downward guidance given everything that's going on, right?

Because this reflects a conservative approach that we do have. As soon as we have more visibility, then we can make any change based on the guidance or share with you what we have of impact.

Also on your second question, we don't give any information about the book-to-bill in the current quarter, okay?

Alberto Valerio

Perfect. Thank you very much.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Thank you.

Operator

The next question comes from Andreé Mazini with Citi. Please go ahead.

Andre Mazini

Yes. Hi Francisco, Felipe, Gui, welcome to the call and CFO position, Felipe.

Happy to chat. The first one, we see Rolls-Royce wanting to go back to the narrow body engine market, which is currently dominated by CFM's LEAP and Pratt's GTF.

I wanted to ask you guys if Embraer is already in conversation with Rolls-Royce for any future partnership, likely for future projects, new airframes, but if you guys are speaking to Rolls. This is the first one, and then I have a second.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Good question. We are making studies for a new cycle of products for Embraer, right?

Either the commercial jets or a business jet. In that regard, we are talking to potential suppliers of the different products to understand the new technology and so on.

I cannot disclose more details on that. With specific number, we talk to all of them, but I don't have specific information to share with you about this or that specific supplier.

Andre Mazini

Perfect, perfect. Thank you, Francisco.

The second one on potential competition. Boeing is slated to certify the 777-7 later this year.

The -7 is a 140-seat jet, a little bit larger in terms of seat counts than the E195-E2 do you think the -7 competes in any sense with the 195-E2, or given that it's a more expensive and longer-range plane, it should be used for totally different missions, or if there is any overlap? Thank you.

Francisco Gomes Neto

This might compete with us in one or another campaign, but we believe that for that segment, up to 156, the E2 is the most competitive jet, most efficient jet in that segment. Then we believe that, yeah, we might have some competition in some campaigns, but we are very confident that the E2 is the best option for the customers to complement the larger narrow bodies.

It was developed for that segment, with all the experience Embraer acquired with the first generation. Again, more and more customers are seeing that.

We have now 24 customers for our E2s, and are working in different new campaigns as well.

Andre Mazini

Thank you, Francisco.

Operator

The next question comes from Lucas Laghi with XP. Please go ahead.

Lucas Laghi

Good morning, Francisco, Gui, Felipe, congrats on the new role. I have a question on defense.

Showing a very strong commercial activity, right, on the C-390 front. Just wanted to better understand.

Considering your current capacity output, I guess you mentioned six aircraft this year, expectations for ten aircraft by the end of the decade. Just better understanding, considering your current backlog, how full are your capacity, considering Brazilian footprint as we speak, and if you see further space for accelerating new orders without any new expansion?

On this context, if new orders continue to accelerate, if you see any potential room for expansion in your facility here in Brazil. Still on the topic, but we understand the optionalitys by building a new plant on the U.S., on India.

Just if you could give us an update on that front as well. How are those conversations with India and the U.S.

evolving? Your partnership with Northrop Grumman.

Just better understanding the whole capacity utilization context on the C-390. Thank you.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Very good question. First, we are investing to expand our production capacity for the KC-390, as I said, growing one per year: six, 26, seven, 27, eight, 28, nine, 29, and ten in 30.

This capacity is enough to support the current sales campaigns we are working on. In parallel, we are working in opportunities that might bring much higher volumes, like in India and the U.S., right?

Those campaigns will require the localization of our production. Then India is moving, is progressing, as planned, with the Indian Air Force.

We are working very close to that campaign, but if we win that campaign, the aircraft will be assembled in India with a lot of local suppliers as well. This will help us to increase its capacity and fulfill the requirements of the MTA program in India.

On the other front, the U.S. The U.S.

is the same. We now are working with the Northrop Grumman to develop the boom and all the systems capabilities to make sure that the KC-390 will be ready to enter in the U.S.

Air Force. Also, if we win a relevant order, this aircraft will be assembled in the U.S.

as well. With those two fronts, we will be able to increase our capacity and, of course, to grow significantly our defense business.

Lucas Laghi

Thank you. Thank you, Francisco.

Francisco Gomes Neto

You are welcome, Lucas.

Operator

Thank you all very much. Now we'll start the question and answer session dedicated to the press.

First, we will answer questions in English, and then we will answer questions in Portuguese. We'll also answer questions sent via the platform chat.

Please hold while we poll for questions. The first question comes from Richard Schuurman with AirInsight.

Please go ahead.

Richard Schuurman

Good morning. Can you hear me?

Francisco Gomes Neto

Yes, we can Richard. Go ahead.

Richard Schuurman

Good morning. Hello.

I have two questions, actually. In your remarks and answers, you mentioned the leveling of the production going to 2027.

The original plan was to get to a more level production level already this year. What are the reasons that this is pushed out to 2027?

My second question is, as you have been aware, on Wednesday Tony Fernandes announced the big order for the Airbus A220, but he also mentioned that he was taking or had taken a serious look at the Embraer E2. What's your view?

Have you been given a fair chance to offer the E2 to AirAsia, and at what stage did you get in the negotiations?

Francisco Gomes Neto

All right. Let's start with question number one, Richard.

We are having progress leveling our production this year. As a jets, we are now almost with the production leveled.

We saw good improvements in Q1 last year and this year again. You see the Phenom and the Praetor, we now see the production almost leveled at the level we are looking for.

So 2027 will be just a fine adjustment for the executive jets. Commercial jets, Richard, we have some more challenges because of some paces, suppliers.

It is better this year, and we expect to improve even further for 2027. We have been working already with the suppliers to make sure that we will have a better start in 2027 than we had in 2026.

The program is moving well, executive jets more expensive, but commercial jets are also improving. The second question about AirAsia.

After our customer, it's good to see another low-cost carrier in the region recognizing the advantages of a small narrow-body jet, right? This is a trend that we expect to continue as we rebuild our record backlog and huge E2 momentum in the market.

Remember, we sold the last year, almost 200 E2s. Obviously we would have liked to add AirAsia to our global family of 24 E2 operators.

We knew since the beginning that our competitor has huge incumbents in that airline and earlier slots. As we did very well last year, and we also have a lot of opportunities this year, we don't see this a big issue for Embraer.

This will not affect our growth plans for commercial jets. Yes, it was a good experience working with AirAsia.

I think they understood the benefits our product could bring to their fleet, but at the end of the day they decided to go with the competition, and we respect their decision.

Richard Schuurman

Thank you. Can I add one more question in follow-up on the first answer you gave?

Do you expect to improve the commercial jet production and get it more level already in the second half of the year?

Francisco Gomes Neto

We are working on that in this initiative I mentioned before that we call pull to the left. This includes also production and deliveries, but not in a significantly way still this year because of the supply chain.

We don't see any risk for us to deliver the guidance we gave to the market of 85 commercial jets and between 160 and 170 business jets. A better improvement in terms of leveling for commercial jets we will see in 2027 and 2028.

Richard Schuurman

Obrigado.

Francisco Gomes Neto

De nada. Thank you, Richard.

Operator

Thank you. The next question comes from Jon Hemmerdinger with FlightGlobal.

Please go ahead.

Jonathan Hemmerdinger

Hello everyone. I think you can hear me now.

Thanks for doing this. Hey, for future aircraft, commercial jets, you've touched on it briefly, Francisco, any update you can give us on what segment you're looking at, how large of an aircraft, what timeline would be?

We know you've been considering this for several years. What have you learned in the last year?

Just tell us more about that if you could.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Jon, thanks for the question. First, we are, as you see, we have been focusing a lot on improving our performance in terms of delivery and sales of the products we have, right?

We have a very modern and competitive portfolio of products, and we are increasing our backlog now with new orders for all the segments, commercial, executive, and defense. This will take us, Embraer, to a very important midterm growth in terms of revenues, in terms of profitability.

In parallel, we are investing in new technologies, aero structures, wings, cockpits, and so on, in order to be ready to develop a new airplane. We are making studies in the two fronts, and we are not at the point to disclose any more information about that because we don't have a decision yet about the segment we want to go to.

We know we need a strong product with a strong value proposition, with a robust funding strategy, because we don't want to put in risk the financial health of the company. Again, we are working in all those fronts, but we are not ready yet to disclose more information on that.

Jonathan Hemmerdinger

Thank you. I just do wonder if you might say any estimate of timeline, how long you think the e-jets can carry that growth that you’re talking about, and when a decision might have to be made.

Francisco Gomes Neto

This does not depend only on us. It depends on the technology available in the market, right, for different products.

This is what we are working on. We don't have a timeline to share with you, Jonathan.

Jonathan Hemmerdinger

Very good. Thanks for your time.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Thank you.

Operator

The next question comes from Steve Trimble with Aviation Week. Please go ahead.

Steve Trimble

Hi. Thank you very much.

I was just wondering if you could say anything more about the timeline for setting up infrastructure for the completion center in the UAE, as well as the delivery schedule for the UAE.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Steve, we don't have plans for a completion center at this point of time in the UAE. We are working to collaborate with local suppliers in the UAE, and this is an ongoing process.

We will increase our collaboration with local suppliers. We mentioned the G5, for example, in case of the KC-390.

We don't have a plan at this point of time for a completion center. It will be just a collaboration with the local suppliers for us to buy parts made by them.

Steve Trimble

I see. Do you have a delivery schedule for those UAE C-390?

Francisco Gomes Neto

Yes, we do have. We should start the deliveries by 2028 and continuing in the years ahead.

Steve Trimble

Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. The next question is sent from the chat, and is from Edgardo Gimenez Maz, with Aviacionline.

Has the operational debut of the E-190 freighter in Europe led to a concrete increase in interest from lessors or express integrators who were previously in the wait-and-see phase? What is your assessment on the program's progress to date?

Francisco Gomes Neto

Could you repeat the question? I don't know if I get...

Could you repeat the question, please?

Operator

Of course, sir. Has the operational debut of the E-190 freighter in Europe led to a concrete increase in interest from lessors or express integrators who were previously in the wait-and-see phase?

What is your assessment of the program's progress to date?

Francisco Gomes Neto

Repeat. Thank you for the question.

Yes, we have now a customer. With entering in operation with the E-190 freighter, this will help to showcase the product, and we believe it's a great product for e-commerce especially, and we have a good expectation about future sales with the E-190 freighter.

Operator

Thank you very much, sir. The next question comes from Curt Epstein with Aviation International News.

Please go ahead.

Curt Epstein

Yes, good morning, gentlemen. Can you hear me?

Francisco Gomes Neto

Good morning, yes.

Curt Epstein

Yes. In the beginning you mentioned the 29 executive jet deliveries for the first quarter.

You had mentioned there was a disclaimer on there. Is that actually a record for Embraer in the first quarter executive jet deliveries?

Francisco Gomes Neto

Yes, it is, and we are very happy with that.

Curt Epstein

Thank you. It’s

Francisco Gomes Neto

the result of this production leveling efforts.

Curt Epstein

Thank you. I just wanted to confirm that.

I think you said in the decade or something like that. I just want to make sure that is actually the record for the company.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Yes, and we are coming from tough times in the past, especially with the supply chain, that was leading us to concentrate deliveries at the end of the year, and this means a weak Q1 because of that concentration the year before. Now we are changing the situation step by step, and delivering executive jets in Q1 this year, is proving that we are in the right way.

Curt Epstein

Thank you so much.

Operator

The next question comes from the chat and is from Joanna Bailey. How does the UAE's C-390 order help you get a foot in the door in the Middle East?

Are you having conversations with other Middle East nations? Could you provide some color on the production level of the C-390 and how you see it ramping up as more orders come in?

Francisco Gomes Neto

All right, Joanna, good question. Yes, we do see opportunities to sell the KC-390 to more customers in the region because of this important support of UAE.

Yes, we are talking to other customers at this point of time. The third question?

The production leveling includes the KC-390 as well. It is a more complex aircraft, but we have been able to reduce both the production lead time of the aircraft and to improve the production distribution of the aircraft throughout the year.

The challenges is bigger than the other ones because of the supply chain, but we are seeing good progress as we are seeing with the e-jets and the executive jets as well.

Operator

Thank you, sir. The next question also comes from the chat and is from Molly McMillin with Aviation Week.

Could you please talk about the demand environment for business jets and whether the war with Iran has created any hesitations or impact? Also, could you please talk about the tariffs when it comes to business jets?

How much of an impact does that have on demand? Thank you.

Francisco Gomes Neto

All right, thanks for the question. We are not seeing impact so far that might affect the sales of our business jets.

Demand is still strong for our business jets, as we have a very modern portfolio, especially now with the launch of the Praetor 500E and 600NE that are selling very well. With the tariffs, I would ask my colleagues Felipe and Gui to share more color with you.

Yeah,

Gui Paiva

Thanks, Francisco. On the tariffs on executive jets, it has impacted our costs, but we do think that we have a superior product in the industry versus our competition, and even with the price adjustments that we have taken, it remains very competitive, and I think the book-to-bill sales that we posted last year above 1.0, or close to 1.0, was very solid.

We continue to have the longest queue of customers in the industry and will be selling our products now into 2029, especially we are very excited about the new Praetor family with the enhancements and the value proposition that we are giving to our customers.

Operator

Thank you, gentlemen. This concludes the question and answer session in English for the press.

This question and answer will be now conducted in Portuguese. To switch to English, please press the interpretation button on the platform and then select English.

Now we will begin the Q&A session in Portuguese. First question, from Xandu Alves through the chat box, from OVALE newspaper.

Could you please give us an update about your negotiations with India and the U.S. Air Force for the sales of KC-390 or C-390?

Thank you.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Thank you for your question. The project in India that we call MTA, Medium Transport Aircraft, is progressing quite well, and we are working hard.

We have a dedicated team working on that project. Our defense team is dedicated to the project.

It's a very large and significant project for Embraer. We are looking at it very closely.

We are getting prepared. This will require local assembly of the plane, and this will require the use of several parts made in India.

We've been working with our procurement teams, engineering teams, our business teams to prepare ourselves to come up with a very competitive proposal for that campaign. What was the second question again?

Operator

About U.S. Air Force.

Francisco Gomes Neto

The same thing in the U.S. We are working at full force.

Our defense team is working very closely with Northrop Grumman, our partner, one of the most important defense companies in the U.S. We are also doing campaigns.

We took the plane to the U.S. several times to try to convince the U.S.

Air Force about the benefits of our aircraft, particularly when it comes to MTS, which is a new generation of boom refueling systems of the fighter jets.

Operator

Thank you. Next question is from Raquel Brandão with InvestNews.

You may proceed.

Raquel Brandão

Hello, Francisco. Good morning.

Good morning to you all. Congrats for your results.

You had a very strong number in the first quarter. My question is, how do you see things going forward?

I know you're very confident, but I would just like to understand whether somehow this fuel crisis that we are experiencing now and that is putting pressure on the airlines, whether this already has any impact on demand, whether you're having any conversations along these lines, and also in terms of the executive jets and companies that have executive fleet, because certainly fuel is a very important aspect in aviation. I would just like to know whether the cost of fuel is impacting demand or will impact demand going forward, and whether deliveries will be postponed or delayed.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Hi, Raquel. It's a pleasure to talk to you.

Certainly the increase in fuel costs will impact the cost of the airlines and also some expansion plans. We are seeing now many of the airlines cutting costs and canceling flights while the situation is still around us.

We are monitoring it very closely. Our commercial aviation team is looking at that very closely.

Far we haven't seen any impact. We haven't seen any customer postponing their sales campaigns, or they haven't even asked us to delay the delivery of aircraft.

That's why we are looking at it very closely. On the executive side, we are not seeing any impact.

The number of hours flown, it is reaching record levels month after month. Therefore, right now we don't see any impact to executive aviation.

Our sales continue to move at a very aggressive pace, and so far we aren't seeing any impact, even though we do recognize that this is a very tough situation. That's why we are monitoring very closely.

We are paying close attention to all processes related to efficiency and cost management. We just want to be prepared for any impact that can be foreseen in the future.

Raquel Brandão

Thank you, Francisco, and congrats once again.

Operator

The next question is from Cristian Favaro from Valor Econômico. Please go ahead.

Cristian Favaro

Hello, everyone. Can you hear me okay?

Francisco Gomes Neto

Yes, we can, Cristian.

Cristian Favaro

Thank you for taking my question. Before anything else, congratulations, Felipe, on your new position and welcome.

I have a question about production. During the last calls, Francisco, you've always said that it is your plan to spread out production a bit more, because it used to be a bit more concentrated at the end of the year.

These results we've seen in Q1, do you consider them to be success from that plan? Will we see production more spread out along the second and third quarters?

Thank you.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Excellent question, Cristian yes, it is. This year we will distribute production better between the first and second halves of the year.

We'll still have a bit more concentration in the second half of the year, but much less so than we've seen in previous years. We're already looking at Q1 and Q2 next year so that we can improve distribution even more.

We want to increase production in Qs 1 and 2, first half of the year, we can level it out in the second half of the year. We're working hard on that.

We're working hard at our plants to make sure that we are qualifying and preparing people, training them on robust processes so that they can do each task at the right time, and also working with suppliers so that they can deliver the right parts at the right time, and clients so that they can receive the aircraft across the year. We've had good progress, we should see even more progress in Q2.

Q1 was very important because it was quite low last quarter, but we'll also have progress in Q2, which will ensure we have better production, distribution and deliveries across the 12 months of the year.

Cristian Favaro

Fantastic. Thank you.

Operator

The next question is from the chat, from Pedro Bafuzo, CBN Vale. I'd like to hear about the next steps with eVTOL, please.

Francisco Gomes Neto

Good question. eVTOL, well, we've been testing the engineering prototype.

Tests have been great. You saw during the presentation, right, 59 flights and over two hours flight time.

The next steps will be to transition to the cruise flights. People are getting ready for that, and as of next year, we're going to start building the prototype so that we can be ready for certification.

It's going very well, and we hope to see even more progress over the next few months, not only when it comes to the test and development of our product, but also authorities, ANAC, FAA, prepare the certification process for these aircraft for commercial operations in the future.

Operator

Thank you. This concludes Embraer's conference for today.

Thank you very much for joining, and have a great day.