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At 150, Global 7500 Notches a Record of Records
Global 7500 accrues 150 speed records as Bombardier preps for faster successor
a Global 7500 in flight above a city
More than 200 Global 7500s have reached market. (Photo: Bombardier)

Bombardier’s Global 7500 has set its 150th city-pair speed record, the most to date for a single business jet type, the company announced today. The milestone was reached as the ultra-long-range twinjet established speed records in city pairs that include Tokyo to Los Angeles, Toronto to Paris, New York to London, and Hong Kong to Montreal.

On 20 of the record-breaking missions, the aircraft averaged a speed exceeding 1,000 km/hour (about 540 knots). Most of the records have been accrued in the past couple of years as the aircraft fleet spooled up. More than 200 Global 7500s are now in service, logging more than 280,000 flight hours.