Singapore, 25 September 2024 – Embraer announced today that SIAEP, a subsidiary of SIA Engineering Company Limited (“SIAEC”), is the first Embraer Authorized Service Center in the Asia-Pacific region to perform maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for Embraer’s E-Jets E2 family of aircraft. SIAEP has been an authorized service center in Asia-Pacific for Embraer’s first-generation E-Jets since 2017. SIAEP has three hangars located in Clark, Philippines.

“SIAEP has been a key partner for Embraer in the region in the last years. With this new agreement, SIAEP becomes even more strategic for the future of our company in the region, as the E2 fleet grows. We are very pleased with this step ahead on our long-term partnership”, said Mr. Frank Stevens, Vice President of Global MRO Centers for Embraer Services & Support.

Mr. Jeremy Yew, SIAEC’s Senior Vice President Base Maintenance, said, “We are delighted to extend our existing partnership with Embraer and play a key role in supporting their growth in the Asia-Pacific region. We look forward to providing quality and efficient base maintenance services to the E2 fleet at our facility in Clark.”

The growing Embraer Services & Support footprint is an important development of Embraer’s expansion strategy in the Asia Pacific region. Embraer’s E-Jets fleet in Asia Pacific, comprising both the first-generation E-Jets and the E-Jets E2 are operated by airlines in Singapore, Australia, India, Myanmar, Japan and China. Scoot has a firm order of nine E190-E2 jets - two have commenced flights since May this year, with more to follow. The subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA) is the first E-Jet E2 operator in Southeast Asia. Also, Virgin Australia announced a firm order for eight E190-E2 in August this year, with deliveries scheduled to start from the second half of 2025.

The partnership is not expected to have a material impact on the net tangible assets per share or the earnings per share of the SIAEC Group for the financial year ending 31 March 2025.  None of the Directors and controlling shareholders of SIAEC have any interest, direct or indirect, in the partnership other than through their shareholdings (if any) in SIAEC.

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About SIA Engineering Company

(Company Registration No. 198201025C)

www.siaec.com.sg

SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) is a major provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services in Asia-Pacific. SIAEC has a client base of more than 80 international carriers and aerospace equipment manufacturers. It provides line maintenance services at over 30 airports in 8 countries, as well as airframe, engine and component services on some of the most advanced and widely used commercial aircraft in the world.

The 24 subsidiaries and joint ventures with original equipment manufacturers and strategic partners in Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, the United States of America and Vietnam increase the depth and breadth of the Company’s service offerings. SIAEC has approvals from 28 national aviation regulatory authorities to provide MRO services for aircraft registered in the United States of America, Europe, China and other countries.

About SIA Engineering (Philippines) Corporation

SIA Engineering (Philippines) Corporation (SIAEP) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIAEC. SIAEP has three hangars at its MRO facility located at Clark, Philippines, and a suite of capabilities including aircraft certification, scheduled heavy maintenance checks, airframe structural inspections, repairs, modifications, paint-stripping, painting of aircraft exteriors and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) checks. It has key approvals from 18 national aviation regulatory authorities such as the Civil Aviation Authority of Philippines, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, the Federal Aviation Administration, the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Australia.

About Embraer

Embraer is a global aerospace company headquartered in Brazil. It manufactures aircraft for Commercial and Executive aviation, Defense & Security, and Agricultural customers. The company also provides after-sales services & support through a worldwide network of wholly-owned entities and authorized agents.

Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than 8,000 aircraft. On average, about every 10 seconds an aircraft manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world. The aircraft transport over 145 million passengers per year.

Embraer is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets up to 150 seats and is the main exporter of high value-added goods in Brazil. The company maintains industrial units, offices, service and parts distribution centers across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

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