Aircraft
Global 5500 Enters U.S. Market with Delivery to Unicorp
Sixteen years after it received the first Learjet 60 to be completed in Wichita, Unicorp took delivery of the first U.S-bound Bombardier Global 5500.
Bombardier completed the first U.S. customer delivery of the Global 5500 out of the manufacturer's Wichita, Kansas facility, where the aircraft are completed. The customer also took delivery of the first Learjet 60 to be completed in Wichita 16 years ago. (Photo: Bombardier)
Bombardier completed the first U.S. customer delivery of the Global 5500 out of the manufacturer's Wichita, Kansas facility, where the aircraft are completed. The customer also took delivery of the first Learjet 60 to be completed in Wichita 16 years ago. (Photo: Bombardier)

The first U.S.-bound Global 5500 was just handed over to longtime Bombardier customer Unicorp National Developments of Orlando, Florida. This delivery comes within a month of entry-of-service for the latest edition of the Global line, a follow-on to the Global 5000 that joins the Global 6500 and 7500 in the ultra-long-range family.