Aircraft
Vista Takes Delivery of First Global 8000 Upgrade
Bombardier to upgrade all 18 of Vista’s 7500s to the 8000
Vista Global 80000
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Bombardier has delivered the first of 18 Global 8000 upgraded aircraft to longtime customer Vista. Converted from the Global 7500, the Global 8000 was handed over to Vista at Bombardier’s London Biggin Hill Service Center. Plans call for Bombardier to update Vista’s full fleet of Global 7500s by year’s end to the speedier and longer-range Global 8000s. Bombardier anticipates that it will complete the upgrades at a rate of two per month, ultimately giving Vista the largest such fleet.

The updates will boost range from the Global 7500’s 7,700 nm to the G8000’s 8,000 nm and give it a top speed of Mach 0.95. Completion of the first upgrade follows EASA certification of the Global 8000 in January, along with Transport Canada and FAA nods in December.