This Is the New Embraer Phenom 300E Business Jet

Not only does it come with a new speed record for fastest single-pilot jet, Embraer has added a host of improvements to benefit both passengers and pilots.

Scheduled for deliveries in May 2020, this latest model is the third generation of the Phenom 300-series, which Embraer the Brazilian airframer announced back in 2005. Embraer says the Phenom 300 is “the most successful business jet of the past decade” and with an attractively high resale value, its no wonder only 3.6% of the fleet is currently available to buy.

In Business Jet Traveler’s 2019 Annual Reader Survey the Phenom 300 dominated the light jet category as favored aircraft type taking 40% of the vote, doubling the second place Citation CJ4 (20%) and the Pilatus PC-24 (19%). It has been the top vote-getter in its league for at least the last six years.

Since 2012 the Phenom 300 has also held the title for most delivered light jet in the market 7 years straight. The aircraft is in operation in more than 30 countries and has accumulated more than one million flight hours.

Over 460 of the original Phenom 300’s were delivered to customers before the E for ‘enhanced’ Phenom 300E was introduced. Now that 70 examples of the 300E have been delivered, Embraer has upped the ante again with its latest upgrades, in a pursuit of retaining and enhancing the business jet’s appeal and value proposition.

The Embraer philosophy of constantly striving to deliver even more value to customers sees new enhancements to the Phenom 300 series spanning comfort, technology, performance and connectivity with passengers in the Phenom 300E now having a 4G connection via Gogo AVANCE L5.

New Speed

The Phenom 300E now has more speed with the latest enhanced aircraft being the first single-pilot jet to reach Mach 0.80. This also means Embraer has made the fastest and longest-ranged single-pilot jet in business aviation even faster. With the new enhancements, the Phenom 300E now delivers a high-speed cruise of 464 knots with the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535E1-powered twins. That’s 11 knots more than the current 300E and based on five occupants, can travel 38 nautical miles further.

Award Winning Interior Design, Quieter and More Room

In the cabin, Embraer has introduced an option of the premium Bossa Nova Edition interior that made its debut in 2018 on the Embraer midsize-category Praetor 500 and 600. To further qualify its premium design, The Bossa Nova interior in the Praetor 600, won best design in the 2019 International Yacht & Aviation Awards in Venice. The latest and most advanced interior option features carbon fiber materials, sophisticated stitching and piano-black coloring.

To further enhance passenger comfort Embraer has also added a number of noise-reduction measures to enhance the in-flight and boarding experience. Up front the Phenom 300E’s pilot and co-pilot seat tracking is now close to 40% more, providing extra legroom in the cockpit

More Cockpit Upgrades

As well as the extra legroom, pilots will enjoy the host of improvements to the Garmin G3000-based Prodigy Touch flightdeck to deliver what Embraer calls “unparalleled technology in the light-jet category”. These include predictive windshear, emergency descent mode and a runway overrun awareness and alerting system. This feature acts as an additional pilot, says Embraer “and warns if the aircraft’s approach is too steep or too fast, thereby increasing situational awareness”. Embraer has patented this technology and is the first OEM in business aviation to develop and certify it.

“Despite the Phenom 300’s extraordinary success in the past decade, our team of visionaries is always striving to deliver the ultimate experience to our customers, which means taking an industry-leading aircraft and making it even better, faster and safer,”

Michael Amalfitano, President & CEO, Embraer Executive Jets.

The price for a new Phenom 300E is US $9.65 million with some of the luxury interior options costing around $150,000 more.