Aircraft
Lineage Will Head Off Russian Challengers, Says Embraer
Embraer Executive Jets president Ernest Edwards (left) was at Jet Expo to promote the company’s large-cabin Lineage 1000. Embraer also showed off its Phenom 300 light jet. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
Embraer Executive Jets president Ernest Edwards (left) was at Jet Expo to promote the company’s large-cabin Lineage 1000. Embraer also showed off its Phenom 300 light jet. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

Embraer brought a newly completed example of its Lineage 1000 bizliner to Moscow’s Jet Expo show in a bid to build on the success it has already had in Russia with the super-midsize Legacy 600/650. Ernest Edwards, president of the Brazilian manufacturer’s Executive Jets division, declined to say whether the company has yet achieved any Lineage sales in Russia, but he insisted that the airplane is set to do well in a market that has favored larger aircraft. “There is no other aircraft in this segment that can carry 19 passengers and sells for $54 million,” he told AIN.

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