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Embraer To Unveil Plans for New Bizjet
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer’s newly appointed corporate aviation market sector senior v-p, Luis Carlos Affonso, told reporters yesterday on the eve of the annual Latin America Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (LABACE) in Brazil that his company will unveil plans for a new business jet within three months. The new executive aviation boss is no stranger to Embraer’s new-aircraft programs–Affonso was the chief engineer for the ERJ-145 project and, most recently, he led the Embraer 170/190 program as senior v-p of engineering and new aircraft development. Affonso indicated that the all-new jet would be smaller than the Legacy (a business jet version of the ERJ-135), but would not confirm speculation that it is a very light jet, which AIN defines as having an mtow of 10,000 pounds or less. However, he did add that if Embraer were to build a VLJ, it would take three to four years to get to market, placing it far behind the current lot of six serious VLJ contenders. Concluded Affonso: “We have had marginal participation in the business aviation sector, and we want to be a major player within 10 years.”
Embraer To Unveil Plans for New Bizjet
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer’s newly appointed corporate aviation market sector senior v-p, Luis Carlos Affonso, told reporters yesterday on the eve of the annual Latin America Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (LABACE) in Brazil that his company will unveil plans for a new business jet within three months. The new executive aviation boss is no stranger to Embraer’s new-aircraft programs–Affonso was the chief engineer for the ERJ-145 project and, most recently, he led the Embraer 170/190 program as senior v-p of engineering and new aircraft development. Affonso indicated that the all-new jet would be smaller than the Legacy (a business jet version of the ERJ-135), but would not confirm speculation that it is a very light jet, which AIN defines as having an mtow of 10,000 pounds or less. However, he did add that if Embraer were to build a VLJ, it would take three to four years to get to market, placing it far behind the current lot of six serious VLJ contenders. Concluded Affonso: “We have had marginal participation in the business aviation sector, and we want to be a major player within 10 years.”
