Embraer Legacy 450/500 and Praetor 500/600

The Embraer Legacy 450 and 500 and the Praetor 500 and 600 form a family of mid-size and super mid-size business jets, the first in their size category with a flat-floor, stand-up cabin and fly-by-wire controls. The programme was introduced in April 2008, with Honeywell HTF7500E turbofans and a Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion cockpit chosen. The Legacy 500 first flew on 27 November 2012, was certified on 12 August 2014, and has a range of 3,125 nautical miles for up to 12 passengers. The shorter Legacy 450 first flew on 28 December 2013, was certified on 11 August 2015, and seats up to nine over 2,900 nautical miles. In October 2018 Embraer introduced the Praetor 500 and Praetor 600 as longer-range improvements of the two, and the family is also built on a line that opened at Melbourne, Florida, in June 2016.