New Upgrades for the Phenom 100 & 300

Embraer announced at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE). 

• Certification of a two-place side-facing divan for the Phenom 300, by Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC), bringing total capacity up to 11 occupants;
• Two new interior options on the Phenom 100--replacing the fwd wardrobe cabinet with a pax seat, and a belted potty seat--that have the potential to bring total seating capacity to eight. Plus, Embraer is seeking an increase in Max Zero Fuel Weight of the 100 to enable the additional seating capacity. The MZFW increase will be ofered as an option;  
• The naming of Delta Aerospace as Embraer’s Authorized Sales Representative (ASR) in Turkey for its full line of executive aircraft;
• New iPad app that enables user to download aircraft technical manuals in PDF form, and an iPhone Customer Support and Services Guide app. It will be followed later this year by an iPad app. In addition to customer support contacts, service center network and Aircraft on Ground (AOG) services, the app is designed to provide information on training, Embraer service solutions and Embraer-related news as well as upcoming events.
• The appointment of Altenrhein Aviation Ltd as a new Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 Authorized Service Center in Europe;
• EASA certification and availability of Traffic Collision Avoidance System II Version 7.1 for Embraer’s entire portfolio of in-service executive jets.

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Embraer Sees Positive Market Signs

May 15 , 2012

Embraer is hoping the positive signs it is seeing in the development of the business jet market will start to lead to broader momentum for deals.
“April was a very good month for us,” says Embraer CEO Frederico Fleury Curado. The question now is whether that can be sustained.
One particular area where the company sees a growth in activity is in the U.S., where sales prospects are mounting. That echoes the view at other aircraft makers, although, like Dassault executives, Curado notes the discussions are not necessarily leading to a large growth in orders, yet.
While the lower portion of the market remains soft, the business outlook is brightening from the Phenom 300 on up.
For Embraer, a key milestone in its executive jet product line will be the first flight of the Legacy 500 in the second half of the year. That event will mean more deposits are due and the company will see how strong the order book for the type really is. The Legacy 500 had strong order intake at program start and, while Curado will not rule out some of those not materializing, he expects the start of flight testing to generate new interest.
Embraer is still in the process of building up its executive jet product line, leading to questions of when the Brazilian aircraft maker may take on a new project. Curado says once the Legacy 450 is certified and the KC-390 military transport begins flight testing – both due around 2014 - design engineering resources could be redeployed; some advanced concept work could start even earlier.

However, he stresses, that does not mean the company will embark on a new program. Embraer has long insisted it will only enter a new market segment if it can devise an offering that provides a new capability to operators, rather than chasing business with a “me too” product. a wet galley.

Legacy 500 Completes Ground Vibration Tests

Geneva, Switzerland, May 13, 2012 – With Ground Vibration Tests successfully completed, on the prototype #1, the Embraer Legacy 500 is moving toward its first flight in the third quarter and the beginning of its flight-test campaign. The Legacy 500 is scheduled to enter service between fourth quarter 2013 and first quarter 2014.
“We are progressing nicely toward our first flight,” said Ernest Edwards, President, Embraer Executive Jets. “What we have seen to date provides us with great confidence in the Legacy 500 program as a game-changing executive aircraft.”
Embraer expects to rollout Prototype #2 this month followed by the Honeywell HTF-7500E engine run and start of ground tests. The Prototype #3 fuselage has been completed and work is progressing toward its next milestone which is final assembly.
Configured with 10 seating positions, Prototype #3 will test interior materials and systems including the galley and Honeywell’s Ovation®Select™ inflight entertainment system. Prototype #3 will be equipped with the same interior layout as that displayed on the Legacy 500 mockup at the 12th European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE).
For more information on Embraer Executive Jets, please visit www.embraerexecutivejets.com
About the Legacy 500
Benefiting from its “clean-sheet” design, Embraer has redefined the aircraft category with the introduction of full fly-by-wire technology to the mid-light and mid-size categories for the first time. The technology not only affords greater performance, weight savings and reduced workload but also increases safety. Embraer has incorporated the state-of-the-art Rockwell Collins ProLine Fusion Avionics. The Legacy 500 is the only aircraft in its class with full, six-foot, stand-up cabin with flat floor and pressurization. The pressurization is maintained at 6,000 feet while cruising at 45,000 feet.
The interior, designed in partnership with the BMW Group DesignworksUSA, has already garnered several international design. The Legacy 500 is the only aircraft in the class to offer a wet galley.

Embraer Bidding to Supply Mid-Sized Planes to Buffett’s NetJets

Embraer SA (EMBR3) is in the bidding for an order from Warren Buffett’s NetJets Inc., Ernest Edwards, president of Embraer’s Executive Jets unit said today. NetJets sent out a request for proposals to manufacturers that asked for “anything from 25 aircraft upwards,” he said.
“We submitted our proposals several months ago. We are waiting to hear from them as a result of the submission of proposals,” Edwards said in an interview today in Geneva. “I know a couple of competitors have been advised that they are no longer involved, but we have not been advised that we are not involved, so we are assume we are still involved,” he said.
NetJets Europe Chief Executive Officer Eric Connor said in an interview today that the fractional jet operator was in negotiations for a “substantial” order of mid-size aircraft to replace Hawker 800 and Falcon planes. The order may include both firm orders and options, Connor said,
“We are not in the starting phase, we are a fair way through the process,” Connor said. He didn’t comment on the timing of the order.

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