Seattle to Jeddah nonstop: BBJ's longest flight

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A recently delivered Boeing Business Jet on April 7 flew the farthest distance yet for a BBJ: 6,854 nm, from Seattle to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 14 hr 12 m

By Gordon Gilbert • Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

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