Embraer Firms Sale of Three Embraer 170/190 Family Jets to TAME

(Source: Embraer; issued Apr. 18, 2005)

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, Brazil — Embraer announced today it firmed the sale of three EMBRAER 170/190 family aircraft to TAME Línea Aérea del Ecuador, the staterun Ecuadorian airline. The customer will acquire two 76-seat EMBRAER 170 jets and one 104-seat EMBRAER 190, with deliveries to take place in 2005 and 2006.

The announcement confirms a Letter of Intent (LOI) disclosed in November 2004 in Quito. Under the contract signed today, TAME holds four options on aircraft of the same jet family.