Dassault’s installed fleet grew in 2016 from 2,118 aircraft to 2,187. The newest addition to Dassault’s Falcon family, the ultra-long range Falcon 8X, was certified by the FAA and EASA in June of 2016, with the first delivery taking place in October 2016. The first Falcon 8X for a Middle East customer was handed over in November. “The delivery of a Falcon 8X to a regional operator barely a month after the entry into service of the first aircraft says a lot about the important role the Middle East is expectwhere the Phenom 100 and 300, as well as the Legacy 450 and 500, are assembled. The Phenom 300 proves to be the most popular aircraft in Embraer’s business jet range. So far, 372 have been delivered, followed by the entry-level Phenom 100, of which 337 were in service at the close of 2016. Newcomer Honda Aircraft is already making a mark on the market, delivering its first HondaJet in December of 2015. Since then it has handed over another 20 units to customers in the US, Canada, Mexico and Germany. Honda Aircraft is in the process of ramping up produced to play in the success of our new flagship,” says Dassault Director of International Sales, Middle East Region Renaud Cloatre. Brazilian manufacturer Embraer Executive Jets was founded only a little more than a decade ago, but in April 2016 the company delivered its 1000 th Business Jet. “In a remarkably short period we populated the Business Aviation market with the most advanced and reliable aircraft in the industry. Delivering 1,000 Business Jets to more than 60 countries in just over a decade reflects our strong ability to listen to our customers and respond to them with innovative solutions for different needs,” says Embraer Executive Jets President and CEO Marco Tulio Pellegrini. “We are especially pleased to celebrate this important achievement with our distinguished customer Flexjet, which has honored us with their trust since we first entered Business Aviation.”
Embraer Executive Jets’ 1,000th aircraft, a midsize Legacy 500, was the fourth of its kind to join the Flexjet fleet and is part of a firm order for both Legacy 500 and Legacy 450 jets. Flexjet offers travelers access to the world’s most luxurious fleet of private jets. Its fractional program fields an exclusive array of business aircraft — some of the youngest in the fractional jet industry — including the bestselling Phenom 300. Embraer has manufacturing facilities in Brazil, Portugal and in Melbourne, Florida,
tion. JetNet has forecasted that the company can increase its market share within the next ten years to an impressive 5%. Turboprops Continue to Grow The turboprop market has held up, posting 2.2% increase, on par with its 2015 performance. The global turboprop fleet has grown from 14,708 units to 15,030 units. Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft King Air family is still the most popular turboprop family, with an installed fleet base of nearly 6,000
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Amjet Executive took delivery of the first Falcon 8X (top). HondaJet (center). Embraer reaches the four-digit mark in businessjet deliveries (below).