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Embraer Opens Executive Jets Service Center in Mesa, Arizona

Written by thomas · Filed Under Commercial 

September 16, 2008

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New facilities in the U.S. provide full-service care for Embraer executive
jets

SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Embraer
celebrates the opening of its 47,700 square-foot (4,431 square-meter)
hangar, today, at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, in Mesa, Arizona, United
States. The new facility is dedicated to full-service care for the
Company’s Phenom 100, Phenom 300, Legacy 450, Legacy 500 and Legacy 600
executive jets.

“The grand opening of this service center reinforces Embraer’s
long-term commitment to providing a full-service support network for its
growing fleet of executive jets in North America and signals its readiness
for the Phenom 100 to enter service,” said Edson Carlos Mallaco, Embraer
Vice President, Customer Support and Services, Executive Jets. “The Mesa
facility is part of the Company’s investment of over US$ 100 million in the
infrastructure and organization needed to ensure convenient and efficient
support and services to its executive jets customers.”

The new Embraer facility consists of a hangar, workshops and office
space, for an estimated investment of US$ 10 million. The Company’s
commitment to the community is to create approximately 60 jobs over the
next five years. The first employees are already hired. By the end of
September they will complete training for servicing the Phenom 100 model.

“What an exciting day for the City of Mesa, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway
Airport, and the entire region, as Embraer officially opens its new service
center,” said Scott Smith, Chairman of the PMGAA Board of Directors and
Mayor of Mesa, Arizona. “This is exactly the type of company we want at the
airport and in our community – a globally-recognized aerospace leader with
a track record of success.”

Partners in the Embraer project include the State of Arizona, the City
of Mesa, and the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority.

Architectural and engineering firm Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon,
Inc., designed the new facility, and Chase Construction was the builder,
both based in Nashville, Tenn., U.S., where an Embraer Service Center
provides support for its commercial E-Jets and the Legacy 600 and Lineage
1000 executives jets.

The executive jets service center network owned and operated by Embraer
in the country will soon include locations at Ft. Lauderdale – Hollywood
International Airport, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Bradley International
Airport, in Windsor Locks, Conn. Ribbon cutting ceremonies for Florida and
Connecticut will also take place this fall.

Each facility will be capable of providing full-service aircraft care,
including routine inspection, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, and
airframe, engine, avionics, and other systems repairs, 24/7 assistance,
Aircraft On Ground (AOG) mobile rescue teams, and an inventory of
expendable and repairable parts. Services may also include painting and
interior refurbishments.

Embraer’s authorized service center network in the U.S. is comprised of
24 locations and spans 18 states. By the end of 2008, Embraer will have
seven wholly-owned (four in the U.S.) and 38 authorized service centers,
worldwide.

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