Manufacturers see evidence of recovery
From his perspective as v-p of market intelligence for Embraer Executive Jets, Claudio Camelier says “The economy is getting better this year.”
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Although the recession has been slow to release its hold on the industry, the mood at last month’s Labace in São Paulo, Brazil, was optimistic, with a record 14,000 visitors, 56 aircraft on the static display line and 150 exhibitors.
Although the recession has been slow to release its hold on the industry, the mood at last month’s Labace in São Paulo, Brazil, was optimistic, with a record 14,000 visitors, 56 aircraft on the static display line and 150 exhibitors.

From his perspective as v-p of market intelligence for Embraer Executive Jets, Claudio Camelier says “The economy is getting better this year.”

While the growing strength of the Brazilian real in relation to other currencies has done nothing to help, his employer’s backlog, said Camelier, is growing again and the Brazilian OEM expects to deliver a total of 120 Phenom 100s and Phenom 300s this year, along with a mix of 17 Legacy 600s and Lineage 1000s.