Aircraft
Embraer Executive Jets Celebrates 10 Years
When the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer established the executive jets division, its goal was to “be a major player” in the business jet OEM market.
A super-midsize Legacy 650 sits in front of the company’s Mesa, Ariz. service center. Embraer Executive Jets built up a network of 65 authorized service centers–26 of which are in the U.S.–and six company-owned facilities, half of them in the U.S., to keep a fleet that is approaching 1,000 aircraft flying.
A super-midsize Legacy 650 sits in front of the company’s Mesa, Ariz. service center. Embraer Executive Jets built up a network of 65 authorized service centers–26 of which are in the U.S.–and six company-owned facilities, half of them in the U.S., to keep a fleet that is approaching 1,000 aircraft flying.

Embraer Executive Jets is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week at NBAA 2015. Though parent Embraer launched the Legacy–a business jet derivative of the ERJ-135 airliner since renamed the Legacy 600–in 2000 at the Farnborough International airshow, the company didn’t officially form an executive jet business unit until May 2005.