EMBRAER GOES TO FIDAE 2010 IN SANTIAGO, CHILE
Company will promote its entire portfolio of commercial, executive and defense products
São José dos Campos, March 18, 2010 – Embraer is heading for Arturo Merino Benítez
International Airport (SCL), in Santiago, Chile, to take part in the 16th edition of the biennial
Feria Internacional del Aire y del Espacio, FIDAE 2010, March 23-28. In chalet B1/B2, the
Company will present a demonstrator of its Command and Control systems to invited guests
and customers. A Super Tucano military advanced trainer and light attack aircraft belonging
to the Chilean Air Force (FACH), as well as a Phenom 100 entry level executive jet, will be
exhibited at the static display.
Embraer has scheduled two press conferences for FIDAE. The first one, on Tuesday, March 23,
at 3:00 p.m., in room 2, features the latest news regarding the Company’s defense systems and
products. The second, on Wednesday, at 12:30 p.m., in room 1, is dedicated to presenting the
most recent achievements in Executive Jets development, operation, and customer support.
FIDAE (www.fidae.cl) has been held in Santiago since 1980, and targeting aerospace and
defense solutions. The air show also showcases commercial and executive aviation, aircraft
maintenance, airport equipment, and space technology. According to the event’s organizers,
the last edition of the event attracted 423 exhibitors, including Embraer, from 43 countries.
About Embraer’s portfolio
Beginning with the Bandeirante, a 19-seat turboprop, Embraer took its first flights in the
commercial aviation market 40 years ago. Although out of production, the EMB 110
Bandeirante and the EMB 120 Brasilia continue to fly in a number of countries. The big
break, however, came with the ERJ 145 family of regional jets. Since December 1996, nearly
900 jets (more than 1,100, including the business and military derivatives) have been
manufactured and delivered, worldwide. Currently, the ERJ 145 is manufactured in Harbin,
China, in a joint venture between Embraer and the Aviation Industry of China (AVIC). With
the market demand for larger and more modern aircraft, Embraer launched the E-Jets family,
in 1999, composed of four aircraft with capacities from 70 to 122 seats. Deliveries began five
years later and, today, more than 620 jets have been delivered, surpassing 3.7 million flight
hours and carrying nearly 200 million passengers.
Embraer is building a solid Executive Jets portfolio, after earlier experiences with special
versions of the Bandeirante and the Brasilia for private and corporate use. The first
executive jet was the super midsize Legacy 600, which entered operation, in 2002, with
more than 180 delivered, to date. Given the growing need for efficient business flights for a
broader range of customer demands, the entry level Phenom 100 and light Phenom 300 jets
were launched, in 2005, followed by the ultra-large Lineage 1000, in 2006. Today, more
than 110 Phenoms and three Lineage 1000 jets have been delivered, worldwide. In 2008,
Embraer launched the development of the midlight Legacy 450 and midsize Legacy 500
jets, the only ones in their categories to offer full fly-by-wire technology and a comfortable
flat-floor and stand-up cabin. After its announcement in 2009, the Company is certifying the
large cabin, long-range Legacy 650, this year, thus rounding out Embraer’s modern,
innovative, and reliable line of executive jets.
Embraer’s first product for the Brazilian military was the landmark Bandeirante. Then came the
assembly of the advanced training and ground attack Xavante jet in the ‘70s, under license from
Italy’s Aermacchi, followed by the Company’s first pressurized aircraft, the Xingu. Also in
cooperation with Italy, Embraer joined the AMX program to develop a subsonic light attack jet
in the ‘80s; at the same time, the successful Tucano, which had more than 600 units delivered,
entered operation. In recent years, the Company’s Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (ISR) solutions, based on the proven ERJ 145 platform, as well as the Super
Tucano, which is a more modern version of the Tucano for advanced training and light attack,
with more than 170 units sold, entered operation in many countries, also being deployed on
counter insurgency (COIN) missions. Currently, the KC-390 military transport and refueling jet
is under development in a partnership with the Brazilian Air Force.
All of Embraer’s aircraft are backed by a worldwide network of Company-owned and authorized
service centers, as well as a number of programs for providing timely parts, tools, Aircraft On
Ground (AOG) support, and inventories at strategically located sites.
Source: EMBRAER
