EMBRAER PARTICIPATES IN NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION TRADE FAIR IN BRAZIL
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Company will exhibit entry level Phenom 100 executive jet and ethanol-powered Ipanema
São José dos Campos, July 21, 2009 – Embraer will participate in the second edition of the
National Civil Aviation Fair, July 24 to 26, at Santos Dumont Airport, in the city of Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. The event marks the first exhibition of the traveling display created by Embraer
to tell the history of Brazilian aviation and celebrate the Company’s 40th anniversary.
“We are very proud to participate in the National Civil Aviation Fair during the year when
Embraer celebrates four decades of existence,” said Emilio Matsuo, Embraer Executive Vice
President, Technology. “The worldwide acceptance of our products witnesses to the technical
capacity of Brazil’s aeronautics industry to conceive, develop, produce, and support efficient
and competitive aircraft.”
Organized by Sator Eventos, with the institutional support of Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil – ANAC) and the III Regional Air Command (Comando Aéreo Regional – Comar), the National Civil Aviation Fair (www.FeiradeAviacaoCivil.com.br) is a consciously planned event held according to concepts of sustainability and socioenvironmental criteria. In this context, Embraer will show the Ipanema, which is the first assembly-line airplane in the world that is certified to operate on ethanol. This fuel is more economical than aviation gasoline, reduces operating and maintenance costs, and has less impact on the environment.
The Ipanema represents more than 70% of the Nation’s agricultural aircraft, of which over one
thousand have been produced and delivered. Besides its use in agribusiness, especially for crop
dusting, the Ipanema can also be used for firefighting, towing gliders, cloud seeding, stocking
rivers, and combating insects and larvae.
Besides the Ipanema, Embraer will also display the entry level Phenom 100 executive jet. The
airplane has a capacity for up to eight people, with seven interior options designed in a
partnership with BMW Group DesignworksUSA, and has been operating in Brazil since June
2009. Its range of 1,178 nautical miles (2,182 km), including NBAA IFR fuel reserves, allows
nonstop flights from São Paulo to Recife, Salvador, Brasília, Montevideo (Uruguay), Buenos
Aires (Argentina), or Asuncion (Paraguay). The jet was certified in December 2008 and was
confirmed to be the fastest in its category, and the biggest baggage area. Its advanced cockpit
and rear private lavatory are some of the competitive differences of the Phenom 100.
