Brazil-based Embraer has now flown the third type of business jet assembled in a five-year-old factory in Melbourne, Florida.
The flight of the Legacy 450 follows two other types – the Phenom 100 and 300 – assembled in the recently expanded Melbourne factory.
Embraer plans to deliver the Legacy 450 to a customer in December, says Marco Tulio Pellegrini, president and chief executive of Embraer Executive Jets.
Embraer assembles the Legacy 450 and the larger Legacy 500 in Melbourne and São José dos Campos, Brazil.
The Melbourne site is part of Embraer’s strategic effort to establish a global manufacturing presence.
The company also assembles the Super Tucano light attack and trainer aircraft in Jacksonville, Florida, which it delivers to the US Air Force to be forwarded to a partner country, such as Afghanistan and Lebanon.
Source: FlightGlobal.com
