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Embraer Phenom 300 family

The Phenom 300 story, from first flight to lasting reputation

The light-jet bestseller that turned the Phenom line into a durable reference point for speed and cabin polish.

Embraer Phenom 300 family is a in service business jet by Embraer, first flown in 2008 and introduced in 2009. This canonical Airchive page keeps the family history, specs, variants, operators, and related archive discussion at a single permanent URL.

First flight

2008

Service entry

2009

Seating band

6 to 10

Embraer Phenom 300 family is a in service business jet by Embraer, first flown in 2008 and introduced in 2009, with typical seating for 6 to 10 and range up to 2,010 nautical miles.

Coverage stays technical rather than lifestyle-driven, focusing on mission capability, cabin layout, operator use, and why the market kept or replaced the type.

Range band

2,010 nm

Notable operators

Corporate operators · Fractional fleets · Charter operators

Source stack

  • Official manufacturer product pages and brochures
  • FAA or EASA type certificate material
  • operator mission and cabin references

Variants

Representative variants

Variant

Phenom 300E

Phenom 300E is the representative branch of the Embraer Phenom 300 family, capturing the enhanced branch that keeps the family current at the top of the light-jet market.

Range 2,010 nm · Entry 2018

Specifications

Current public facts

Manufacturer
Embraer
Program history
Class
Business jet
Airchive taxonomy
First flight
2008-04-29
Program history
Service entry
2009
Operator records
Current status
In service
Fleet reality
Typical seating
6 to 10
Operator and cabin references
Range band
Up to 2,010 nm
Program literature
Cruise speed
453 kt
Planning data

Archive moments

Human context

The Phenom 300 became important through sheer repetition: it is one of the jets people actually keep seeing, which makes it part of lived airport memory rather than brochure fantasy.
Business-aviation pages stay focused on engineering, cabin layout, and mission logic instead of celebrity shorthand or lifestyle fog.

Timeline

Program milestones

  1. 2008

    First flight

    The Phenom 300 begins flight testing and establishes the public shape of the family.

  2. 2009

    Service entry

    The family enters passenger or executive service and begins building its operating footprint.

  3. Today

    Current role

    The family remains active in service and still shapes fleet, mission, or archive discussions.

Related news

Editorial context

All news
No editorial dispatches are attached to this family yet. The aircraft record is live, and newsroom or archive coverage can be layered onto it later without changing the URL.

Forum threads

Community memory

Family hub
Live forumPhenom 300

Phenom 300 current fleet watch

Ongoing sightings, deployment shifts, new operators, route changes, and cabin updates for the Embraer Phenom 300 family.