Embraer

Embraer is nearing completion of the first Legacy 500 twin-engine business jet, allowing the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer to start flight testing of the $18.4 million (2008 dollars) model on schedule by the end of this year. The Legacy 500 is a slightly larger version of the Legacy 450, with which it shares 95 percent commonality, […]

__One of the things I love best about airplanes is their back stories. While the **Embraer Legacy 650** is a brand-new airplane, its story stretches back 30 years to when the Brazilian company first decided to start building airliners. My personal tour of the cockpit of the Embraer Legacy 650 immediately reminded me of the […]

Embraer’s Legacy 650 large-cabin business jet has gained FAA certification, a year and half after the Brazilian manufacturer announced the model as a follow-on the original Legacy 600. Embraer is touting the Legacy 650’s longer range, higher useful load, quieter cabin and Honeywell Primus Elite avionics suite as the major enhancements over its predecessor, which […]

On Monday morning, Embraer entertained dignitaries and members of the press as it officially cut the ribbon on its $50 million, 90,000-square-foot assembly facility, where it will put the finishing touches on its Phenom 100 entry-level light jet and Phenom 300 super light jet. Embraer now builds, assembles and completes both airplanes in Brazil, where […]

Lord Alan Sugar’s (could he be known as ‘my sweet lord?’) Amsair Aircraft Limited has taken delivery of the first Embraer Legacy 650. The U.K. company will base the aircraft at London Stansted Airport, and it will be operated by Titan Airways Executive, a charter company. The Legacy 650 is a follow-on version of the […]

In the years preceding the economic collapse of 2008, the NBAA convention was punctuated by announcements of huge orders for business jets. That custom came to a screeching halt, but this year NetJets burned some rubber with the announcement it plans to buy up to 125 Embraer Phenom 300s. The $1 billion deal includes 50 […]

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kans.) has announced plans to ask the U.S. International Trade Commission to look into the issue of unfair competition in business aircraft production. His state is home to Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft and Learjet, and Brownback has suggested that foreign competitors — specifically Embraer of Brazil — have enjoyed government subsidies in developing […]

A minor upgrade to the Phenom 100? Not even close. Bigger, faster, stronger and more sophisticated, the 300 is a whole different class of airplane.

June 2010 — Like every other aviation journalist, I’ve been watching the development of the Embraer Phenom 300 for a few years now, and the more I’ve learned about the emerging light jet, the more I’ve come to appreciate just what an innovative airplane it is. It is, in essence, Embraer’s attempt to stretch the […]

The very busy Teterboro Airport in New Jersey just a few miles west of Manhattan has had a 100,000-pound aircraft weight limit in place since the 1960s, and that has effectively kept the Boeing and Airbus business jets from operating there. But the Embraer Lineage 1000, a business-jet version of the 190 airliner, can meet […]