Aircraft
Gulfstream's G650 Fleet Logs 1M Flight Hours
Ultra-long-range twinjet entered service in 2012
Gulfstream G650 in flight
Having first entered service a dozen years ago, Gulfstream's G650 series has since racked up more than 1 million flight hours. The type was recently supplanted as the General Dynamics subsidiary's flagship by the newly-certified G700. © Gulfstream Aerospace

Gulfstream’s G650 and G650ER fleet achieved a major milestone, surpassing one million flight hours, the Savannah, Georgia-based OEM announced this morning. With the G650 entering service in 2012, followed two years later by its longer-range G650ER stablemate, the large-cabin twinjet earned the Robert J. Collier Trophy in 2014 for its performance, safety, and efficiency innovations.

To date, the G650/650ER has amassed more than 125 city-pair speed records, and the G650ER currently holds the record for the farthest, fastest business jet flight.