Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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The Embraer Phenom 300 was the most delivered business jet last year, marking the third consecutive year that the aircraft has taken this crown. Embraer delivered 70 of the light jets last year, besting the next-best-selling jet—the super-midsize Challenger 350—by two units, according to individual aircraft shipment data from GAMA. (AIN was unable to compare the Phenom 300 with the number of individual large-cabin Gulfstream or Bombardier deliveries since both manufacturers submit combined data for several models to GAMA.)

 


The Phenom 300 also beat its closest light-jet competitor, the Cessna Citation M2, by nearly 30 shipments, GAMA data shows. However, Cessna outsold Embraer in the entire light-jet category, at 97 aircraft (41 M2s, 23 CJ3+s and 33 CJ4s) versus Embraer’s 82 (70 Phenom 300s and 12 Phenom 100Es).

 


Embraer Executive Jets president and CEO Marco Tulio Pellegrini&nbsp;said,&nbsp;“To have the most-delivered business jet in the world for the third consecutive year is a true recognition that we have achieved our commitment to design game-changing products to meet operators’ needs.”

 


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