Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8
The BBJ 787-8 is the ultimate long-haul private aircraft, a Dreamliner with a 9,945 nm range that can connect virtually any two cities on earth non-stop. Its composite fuselage allows a 6,000 ft cabin altitude and higher humidity, and completed examples feature full bedrooms, offices and lounges for heads of state and ultra-high-net-worth owners.
In short: The Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 is a Bizliner with a range of 9,945 nm, a cruise speed of 490 knots and room for 25 passengers. It lists at about $250M new and costs roughly $14,000 an hour to operate (estimate).
9,945 nm
Range
490 kts
Max cruise
25–40
Passengers
$250M
New price
Highlights
- 9,945 nm range connects almost any city pair
- Composite fuselage with 6,000 ft cabin altitude
- Widebody cabin of over 2,400 sq ft
Performance
- Range
- 9,945 nm
- Max cruise
- 490 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.9
- Max altitude
- 43,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 9,800 ft
- Landing distance
- 5,700 ft
- MTOW
- 502,500 lb
- Engines
- 2 × GE GEnx-1B or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000
- Fuel burn
- 1,500 gal/hr
Cabin
- Passengers
- 25 / 40
- Cabin length
- 116.5 ft
- Cabin width
- 18 ft
- Cabin height
- 8 ft
- Cabin volume
- 16,000 cu ft
- Baggage
- 4,000 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- $250M
- Variable cost / hr
- $14,000
- Fixed cost / yr
- $4,000,000
- First delivery
- 2013
- Units built
- 16
- Pre-owned range
- $150M – $220M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly. Data reviewed 2026-09-11. Sources & methodology.
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$150M – $220M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly.
Export CSVResidual value curve
Estimated value retention over 10 years from new, by category depreciation model.
Year 10: 45% ≈ $112.5M
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