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NetJets Takes Delivery of Its First Global 8000
Fractional ownership provider will ultimately have 24 in its fleet, including Global 7500 conversions
NetJets president Patrick Gallagher (left) and Bombardier's David Murray at Global 8000 delivery ceremony
NetJets president Patrick Gallagher (left) and David Murray, executive v-p of manufacturing, IT, and operational excellence system at Bombardier, mark the delivery of the fractional ownership provider’s first Bombardier Global 8000.

Bombardier has handed over the first of a fleet of Global 8000s to fractional ownership provider NetJets. The delivery took place on Wednesday morning in a ceremony at Bombardier’s Laurent Beaudoin Completion Centre in Montreal before hundreds of employees and guests.

In 2022, Bombardier named NetJets as the fleet launch customer for the Mach 0.95 business jet under an initial order that included four new Global 8000 and the conversion of eight existing Bombardier orders (originally for the Global 7500). In addition, that order called for the planned upgrade of NetJets' in-service Global 7500 fleet to Global 8000s, bringing the total to 24. The NetJets Global 8000 fleet could further grow in the coming years through a series of options placed for the model.