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Will Bombardier launch a super Global at NBAA?
George Tsopeis, Zenith Jet’s vice president of aviation services and a former member of Bombardier’s business aircraft strategy and business development te

George Tsopeis, Zenith Jet’s vice president of aviation services and a former member of Bombardier’s business aircraft strategy and business development team, expects Bombardier to unveil a new ultra-long-range aircraft later this month at the NBAA Convention in Atlanta. Whether the new model is an upgraded version of the Global Express XRS or a new clean-sheet design will depend on how Bombardier perceives the competing ultra-long-range, wide-cabin Gulfstream G650, he told AIN.

“If Bombardier believes that the G650 was just Gulfstream’s response to the Global Express, then it’ll go for an upgraded XRS,” Tsopeis said. “However, if it thinks the G650 is a game-changing airplane in this segment, then it will launch [the] M170,” which he claims is Bombardier’s internal project code name for a clean-sheet, ultra-long-range business jet.