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First U.S.-built Embraer Legacy To Roll Down Line in May

Facility will be able to assemble up to 96 Phenoms and 72 Legacys annually.

An expansion of Embraer Executive Jets' assembly plant in Melbourne, Fla., is nearing completion. When finished in mid-May 2016, it will double the size of the facility, to 149,000 sq ft, allowing Legacy 450 and 500 assembly to be added alongside the current capability to produce Phenom 100s and 300s. (Photo: Chad Trautvetter/AIN)

By Chad Trautvetter • Online Editor

April 26, 2016

The first Embraer Legacy that will be assembled in the U.S.—a Model 450—is expected to start rolling down the line at Embraer Executive Jets’ Melbourne, Fla. final assembly plant in about three weeks, when an expansion project there is completed. This project, started in October 2014, more than doubles the size of the facility, to 149,000 sq ft, allowing Legacy 450 and 500 assembly to be added alongside the current capability to produce Phenom 100s and 300s. All Phenom assembly will also be shifted to the Florida facility as of July 1, Embraer Executive Jets managing director and COO Phil Krull told AIN.

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