Aircraft
Embraer’s Phenom program accelerating
Embraer’s May 2005 announcement that the company was launching two new business aircraft–the Phenom 100 very light jet and the Phenom 300 light jet–certain

Embraer’s May 2005 announcement that the company was launching two new business aircraft–the Phenom 100 very light jet and the Phenom 300 light jet–certainly raised some eyebrows. The company garnered even more attention a year later when it revealed its plans to build the Lineage 1000, a business-jet version of its E190 airliner.

Until two years ago, the company’s only entrant in the business aviation market was the Legacy 600, an executive version of the ERJ 135 regional airliner. But with the launch of the Phenom series and the Lineage, Embraer clearly signaled its intent to become a major player in the industry, and both programs are well under way.