Customer feedback convinced Embraer that while people loved the airplane’s performance, the cabin and the cockpit needed some additional TLC, and hence the E model was born.Įmbraer took care not to tinker with what wasn’t broken and left the 300’s performance intact, so the 300E is also capable of carrying six people nearly 2,000 nm with fuel reserves. Inside, though, there’s very little of the original Phenom 300 left. On the outside, it’s the very same airplane.
Surprisingly, if you buy a Phenom 300E today you’ll receive an aircraft that performs pretty much like the 300 you could have purchased three years ago. The “E” on this Phenom 300 actually stands for “enhanced,” and it is now the only Model 300 in production. In case you’re wondering, you didn’t miss the A through D models of the 300.
Embraer says 19 Phenom 300Es have joined the world fleet so far, with charter operator Executive AirShare being the first commercial operator to fly both the earlier model and the new Phenom 300E. The company says that at this moment, the factory at São José dos Campos Airport in Brazil just began building the 500th copy, although the E models only joined the family in March 2018. The 300 has been a popular airplane from the start. Just take the “E” model of Embraer’s successful Phenom 300.
