BDL Facility Will Serve Northeastern US

Embraer celebrated the opening Thursday of its hangar at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, CT. This is the second of three new service centers the company will have up and running in the US for its executive jets this fall.

The facilities are part of an investment of over US$ 100 million in the infrastructure and organization necessary to support Embraer’s growing number of executive jets customers.

"Embraer’s decision to open these new Company-owned and operated facilities, even before the first Phenom 100 jet is delivered, gives witness to our focus on supporting North American customers through 24 locations, in 18 states," said Edson Carlos Mallaco, Embraer Vice President, Customer Support and Services, Executive Jets. "Around the globe, we are preparing a highly competitive network of 45 service centers that will deliver excellence to our growing customer base."

The first Embraer-owned service center fully dedicated to executive jets in the US was opened last September 15, in Mesa, AZ. Windsor Locks now joins that facility, and it will soon be followed by a third at the Ft. Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport (FLL). The new centers, each with 47,700 square feet, are dedicated to full-service support for the Company’s Phenom 100, Phenom 300, Legacy 450, Legacy 500, and Legacy 600 executive jets.

The latest Embraer facility, which will service the New England region, consists of a hangar, workshops and office space, for an estimated cost of US$ 10 million. The Company is committed to creating approximately 60 jobs in the community, over the next five years, and initial administrative personnel and mechanics are already hired.

By the end of October, they will complete training for servicing the Phenom 100 model. Partners in the Embraer project include the State of Connecticut, the Bradley International Airport Authority, and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CDOT).

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