Embraer handed Flexjet the first Praetor 600E on 18 September 2026. Flexjet is the fleet launch operator for the type. AIN described the handover as ahead of schedule. Embraer had certified the 600E only in April, so the first Flexjet airframe followed in five months.
The aircraft is the start of a short, dense delivery run. Flexjet said it expects 12 Praetor 600Es by the end of 2026. The first Praetor 500E is due in the fourth quarter, when Flexjet will launch that model as well. Phenom 300E light jets are already moving into the same fleet.
Those serials sit inside the February 2025 agreement. Embraer values the deal at up to USD 7 billion. It covers 182 firm aircraft and 30 options, with a wider support package attached. AeroTime noted that the first 600E arrived 19 months after the order was signed. For a super-midsize programme, that is a fast step from paper to an in-service airframe.
The Praetor 600E and Praetor 500E were shown in February 2026. Brazil's ANAC certified the 600E in April, with the FAA and EASA on the same approval. The 500E followed in June.
Embraer quotes 4,018 nautical miles, or 7,441 kilometres, with four passengers and NBAA IFR reserves. That range covers London to New York, or Sao Paulo to Miami, without a fuel stop. The type still uses two Honeywell HTF7500E engines and the same Praetor 600 fly-by-wire airframe, including the turbulence-reduction function Embraer has sold on the earlier jets.
What changed is the cabin. Flexjet's first airframe carries Embraer's Smart Window, a 42-inch 4K OLED screen set into the sidewall. Embraer says it can show a live outside view from three cameras, or run a video call. New seats and a new cabin management system sit around that screen. Operators who already know the Praetor 600 will recognise the outside. The inside is the part Flexjet is selling to its owners.
Flexjet has launched Embraer types before. It took the first Praetor 500 and Praetor 600 in 2019. The 600E keeps that line going. Twelve super-midsize jets into one fractional fleet before December is a large share of the early production Flexjet has talked about. Charter desks that lean on Praetor-class lift will want to know how many of those hours stay inside Flexjet, and how many still leak into the open market.
Goodall Aviation is watching how quickly those 12 airframes enter service, and whether Praetor-class ACMI and wet-lease cover gets harder to find into winter as Flexjet absorbs the first block. The contact page is the place to start.
Sources: flexjet.com, embraer.com, aerotime.aero, ainonline.com