On December 5, Embraer announces that Sirte Oil Company has placed an order for one EMBRAER 170 jet. With this contract, Embraer gains its first customer in Libya, with delivery scheduled for March 2007. This firm order was already accounted for in Embraer's orderbook as "undisclosed", therefore the current order backlogis not affected by this announcement.

Configured in a spacious single-class 76-seat layout, the EMBRAER 170 will be used to transport company personnel from the main base in Marsa El Brega to Tripoli and many other station points owned by Sirte Oil Company within Libya.

"The EMBRAER 170 offers the ideal size to transport our staff from one site to another. Our selection process focused primarily on the large cabin size and the voluminous luggage compartment, as this is of paramount importance to our passengers. Other key issues in our selection were the safety and reliability of the aircraft. To maintain a consistent and sustained activity in each of our plants, the regularity of our shuttle service is essential," explained Mr. Ali Alsaghir, Chairman of Sirte Oil Company.

"We are honored by Sirte Oil's selection of the EMBRAER 170 for its corporate services, and by the perspective of this new market," said Luiz Fernando Fuchs, Embraer Senior Vice-President - Europe, Africa and Middle East, Airline Market. "It emphasizes that our E-Jet family concept is truly flexible and adaptable."