First production Bombardier Global 8000 completes inaugural flight

Bombardier today announced that the first production Global 8000 aircraft completed its inaugural flight. The milestone was completed on May 16 at Bombardier's Aircraft Assembly Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. The aircraft executed a series of tests, part of the production flight test procedures, during the flight. All flight controls were exercised on the aircraft, and the systems and aircraft performed as expected.

The first production aircraft will soon travel to Bombardier's Laurent Beaudoin Completion Centre in Montreal, where interior completions will take place ahead of its planned entry-into-service (EIS) in the second half of 2025.

The Global 8000 is the evolution of the Global 7500 aircraft, which has amassed more than 250 000 flying hours and 200-plus deliveries since entering into service in 2018. The Global 8000 has a top speed of Mach 0.94, a range of 8000 nautical miles (14 816 km), allowing non-stop flights such as Dubai to Houston, Singapore to Los Angeles, London to Perth, and many others, as well as a high cruise speed of Mach 0.92. At this average cruise speed, the Global 8000 can have a range of up to 4200 nautical miles (7778 km). The Global 8000 features four living spaces in the passenger cabin and a separate crew rest area.

(article source: Bombardier / editor: Anton van Rijsbergen)
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