Embraer today reported commercial aircraft deliveries stagnated again in the first quarter and its backlog of orders for the E-Jet family slightly declined.

The Brazilian airframer says it delivered the 21 commercial aircraft in the first three months of 2012, or one more than during the same period last year and the same as in the first quarter of 2010.

Meanwhile, Embraer signed orders for 12 new commercial aircraft in the first quarter, including 10 E195s to Brazilian low-cost airline Azul, one E190 to BA CityFlyer and one E170 to JAL.

Its overall backlog declined to 240 aircraft, including 150 orders alone for the E190.

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 Embraer has a backlog of 150 E190 orders

During the quarter, Bulgaria Air and Estonia Air received new E-Jets for the first time.

Embraer also delivered 12 new light Phenom business jets and one large business jet during the first quarter.

The value of Embraer's firm order backlog now totals $14.7 billion, the company says.

Source: Air Transport Intelligence news