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More of Gulfstream’s sales coming from outside the U.S.
Year to date, Gulfstream Aerospace has logged more sales from customers outside the U.S.

Year to date, Gulfstream Aerospace has logged more sales from customers outside the U.S. than inside, 66 versus 62, according to Joe Lombardo, Gulfstream president. By comparison, total Gulfstream orders for all of last year were 92 domestic and 67 international, and in 2004 they were 75 domestic and just 22 international.

Lombardo, who just returned on Saturday from a trip to Russia, with Pres Henne, senior vice president of programs, engineering and test, and Raynor Reavis, senior vice president of marketing and sales, said this increase in international sales is due primarily to the expanding worldwide economy and the dollar-to-euro exchange rate. More specifically for Gulfstream, it is due to the G550, which he said meets the mission requirements of many international companies now buying business jets.