State of the industry: Brazilian airframer to ramp-up production
While the industry downturn has affected airframers in different ways, in terms of deliveries, Brazil’s Embraer has managed to avoid the decline in o
While the industry downturn has affected airframers in different ways, in terms of deliveries, Brazil’s Embraer has managed to avoid the decline in output that has beset its North American competitors.
In this year’s first half statistics released by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, while most bizjet makers were posting negative results compared with the first half of 2009, Embraer–based on the surging deliveries of its new Phenom 100–showed a 107-percent increase in business jet deliveries year-over-year. It delivered 60 jets during the first six months of the year, comprising 51 Phenom 100s, five Phenom 300s, three Legacy 600s and one Lineage 1000.
