Maintenance and Modifications
With Bizav Growing in Brazil, Embraer Expands Sorocaba MRO
Embraer has added more space to its Sorocaba maintenance facility to handle more business aviation as well as military and commercial customers.
New hangars at Embraer's MRO in Sorocaba will accommodate aircraft as large as its E195-E2 passenger jet. (Photo: Embraer)
New hangars at Embraer's MRO in Sorocaba will accommodate aircraft as large as its E195-E2 passenger jet. (Photo: Embraer)

The opening of Embraer’s expanded MRO facility in Sorocaba, Brazil, on June 21 is mostly in response to a growing business jet fleet in its home country. The Sorocaba expansion doubles the airframer’s service and support facility footprint there from 20,000 sq m (215,278 sq ft) to 40,000 sq m. The site now boasts four hangars, three of which are dedicated to aircraft and component MRO, with the fourth supporting the company’s FBO there.