The Phenom 300E (E for enhanced) was first created in March 2018. A very exclusive model (only 19 of them were flying around the world by the following January, according to Flying magazine), it replaced the standard Embraer Phenom 300, first certified by Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency in 2009. By May 2021, AIN reported 600 of the aircraft had been delivered worldwide and had achieved an astonishing combined total of 1.2 million miles of flight.
The Phenom 300, in its original guise, packs Pratt & Whitney PW535E1 engines into a streamlined package (the cabin is just over 17 feet long and accommodates up to 10 passengers) that still offers considerable performance. It’s capable of Mach 0.80 and cruises at up to 464 ktas (Knots True Airspeed). It’s also certified up to 45,000 feet.
Meanwhile, the Enhanced Phenom isn’t a great technical leap above its predecessor. The family’s technical specs are certainly considerable, but the E model’s developments focus on a rather different aspect of the aircraft. One that surely contributes to its popularity as a private jet: Its interior design. It offers something rather special for its occupants, as you’d surely expect.
