It features added range via extra fuel tanks in the tail behind the baggage compartment and forward of the wing, winglets, and an extensive drag reduction program.

Embraer winglet models differed in shape and structure, due to their optimum design speed.

Embraer has since launched an extensive lineup of business aircraft, from the entry-level Phenom 100 to the Lineage 1000, a bizliner version of the company's 100-seat E190.

[10] On 29 September 2006, an ExcelAire Legacy 600 (aircraft registration N600XL) collided with Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, a Boeing 737-800, while cruising over Mato Grosso, Brazil.

On 23 August 2023, a Legacy 600 belonging to the military Wagner Group crashed in a field near Kuzhenkino, Tver Oblast, Russia.

According to Russian officials, all 10 persons aboard, three crew members and seven passengers, including Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, were killed.

DNA tests subsequently confirmed human remains recovered from the crash site exactly matched the flight's passenger manifest.