Aviation Week reported that Embraer “delivered 102 executive jets during 2022, including 50 in the fourth quarter (Q4), up from 93 in 2021, as sales in the segment continue its momentum, the company says.” Embraer delivered “66 light business jets during the year, including 33 in Q4, and 36 mid-size jets.”
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Embraer Receives US, EU Certification for Phenom 300 Jet
Reuters reports that Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA said Thursday that its Phenom 300 jet has received type certification from U.S. and European regulators to operate as a medical aircraft with an intensive care unit. The supplemental type certifications came from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Embraer said in a statement. The company added that U.S.-based on-demand charter operator Grandview Aviation would operate the Phenom 300MED as its launch customer.
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L3Harris to Convert Embraer KC-390 Cargo Planes into Aerial Tankers
Defense One reports that, “L3Harris Technologies has entered an agreement with Brazil’s Embraer to convert KC-390 cargo planes into aerial tankers that can refuel U.S. combat planes in flight.” According to L3Harris Chairman and CEO Chris Kubasik, the “goal is to create a tactical tanker that can fly closer to the front lines in a war with a peer competitor and refuel all types of U.S. military planes.”
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Embraer Capitalizes on Business Jet Market
Aviation International News reports that Embraer “is riding the tide of new business jet buyers entering the market.” Embraer Executive Jet President Michael Amalfitano said, “New users are coming into the marketplace, and we are very well positioned with our products because those first-time buyers are coming to buy entry-level light jets and medium-category aircraft; whether they do that in a purchase sense or user sense, the numbers are significantly growing.”
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Embraer CEO Says New Customers Change Business Jet Market Dynamics
Aviation International News reports that Embraer Executive Jets CEO and President Michael Amalfitano described at Corporate Jet Investor Miami 2021 how the increase in first-time business aviation users is changing the aircraft industry’s dynamics. Amalfitano said, “When you look at that growth at the bottom, the access is growing. You have to start thinking about what are they, what do they want? Who are these people? And you recognize they’re getting younger. We’re talking to millennials, X, Y, Z, and the seeds in terms of generation.”
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Embraer Sees Record Business Jet Sales in Q2
Aviation International News reported that Embraer President and CEO Francisco Neto said that Embraer’s executive jets division saw record second-quarter sales. Embraer saw a “20 percent reduction in production cycle time for its aircraft this year, indicating improved efficiency,” and “delivered 12 light jets and eight larger jets in the second quarter, for a 54 percent increase from a year ago.”
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