Aircraft
Transport Canada Certifies Gulfstream G700, G800
Approvals follow a week after Transport Canada signed off on the G500 and G600
Gulfstream G700 business jet
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Gulfstream Aerospace has secured Transport Canada validation for all four of the models that had been pending in recent years, following yesterday’s approval for the company’s flagship G700 and G800. That followed certification of both the G500 and G600 on February 15.

The latest round of approvals came under threat of retaliation from the White House, which on January 29 had threatened to “decertify” all in-production Bombardier aircraft until Transport Canada completed its validations of the Gulfstream models. Following that threat, Transport Canada was in close contact with its U.S. counterparts, and “our government is actively working on this situation. Canada’s aviation industry is safe and reliable. We will stand behind it.”