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Embraer Exec Jets Chief: Wealth, Demand Driving Expansion
Highlights include sustainable growth and future aircraft vision
Michael Amalfitano playfully tosses a football with an embedded microphone into the CJI Miami 2025 audience for questions
Michael Amalfitano playfully tosses a football with an embedded microphone into the CJI Miami 2025 audience for questions © Amy Wilder

Embraer Executive Jets president and CEO Michael Amalfitano said rising global wealth, disciplined production, and a focus on innovation are sustaining strong growth across business aviation. Speaking at Corporate Jet Investor Miami 2025, he described how Embraer is “living a pretty nice moment in industry” and achieving “really unique milestones” across its executive jet business.

Amalfitano highlighted Embraer’s recent rebranding and introduction of a new stock symbol, which he said “represents jets for all the segments.” The company’s delivery of its 2,000th aircraft was another key milestone, he said, reflecting “a really exciting year” for the manufacturer. Embraer’s backlog now totals $7.3 billion—what he agreed was a record level—supported by what he described as a “high concentration” of fleet and fractional customers. “We have 31% of the market in the segments we compete,” he said, adding that Embraer continues to expand “in each of the segments we serve.”