With the Embraer Legacy 500 skirting the line between traditional midsize jets and super-midsize models, our look at the Legacy 500’s competitors focuses on those larger airplanes, with a peek at one traditional midsize model too. Indeed, when you look at the cabin size of the 500, its safety technologies, its cabin amenities and its New York to San Francisco range, it’s clear that, with the 500, Embraer is looking to capture some of the market of these more expensive airplanes, especially for customers for whom 3,125 nm is enough range.
Cessna Sovereign+: At $17.9 million, the Cessna midsize jet is a close competitor of the Legacy 500. With a newly redesigned interior, the Cessna jet’s cabin is better and more technologically advanced than ever, but it’s not quite as big or comfortable as the Legacy’s, and the 6-foot cabin of the Brazilian jet provides several inches more headroom. The newly redesigned flight deck of the Sovereign+, with the Garmin G5000 suite with autothrottles, rivals the Pro Line Fusion in the Legacy, and its range figures are nearly identical.
