Embraer Praetor 600

Embraer · Brazil · first flew 2018 · transport aircraft

The Praetor 600 is Embraer's super-midsize bizjet, developed from the Legacy 500, offering transatlantic range with a flat-floor stand-up cabin and Rolls-Royce turbofans.

Recognition (WEFT)

W — Wings	Low-mounted, swept
E — Engines	2 × turbofan, tail-mounted
F — Fuselage	Longer fuselage than the Praetor 500 — additional cabin window bay clearly visible in side-on silhouette
T — Tail	T-tail

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Longer fuselage than the Praetor 500 — additional cabin window bay clearly visible in side-on silhouette
Drooped winglets shared with the 500 but on a visibly larger airframe; belly fairing more pronounced due to additional fuel
Rolls-Royce AE 3007A2 engines — larger, rounder nacelles than the HTF7500E pods on the Praetor 500

Longer fuselage and larger Rolls-Royce nacelles distinguish it from the Praetor 500; against the Challenger 350 it shows the distinctive drooped winglets versus the Challenger's upward-canted units.

Specifications

The Embraer Praetor 600 has a length of 20.74 m (68 ft).
It has a wingspan of 21.5 m (71 ft).
Its maximum speed is 875 km/h (544 mph).
Typical crew: 2 flight crew.

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History

First flown in 2018 and entering service in 2019, the Praetor 600 succeeded the Legacy 500 with aerodynamic improvements and new avionics. Its range of 7,780 km opened transatlantic routing from western Europe to the US east coast.

Variants

The Praetor 600 is offered as a single configuration; earlier Legacy 500 aircraft can be compared directly on the ramp as visually very similar aircraft.

Where you'll see it

Seen at Farnborough, Geneva and Luton; the transatlantic range makes it attractive to European charter operators placing it in North Atlantic programmes.

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