Bombardier Global 8000
The Global 8000 is the fastest civil aircraft since Concorde, certified to Mach 0.94 with an 8,000 nm range. Developed from the Global 7500, it entered service in December 2025 and adds a 2,900 ft cabin altitude, four true living spaces and Bombardier's Smooth Flĕx wing for exceptional ride quality.
In short: The Bombardier Global 8000 is a Ultra-Long-Range with a range of 8,000 nm, a cruise speed of 540 knots and room for 13 passengers. It lists at about $81M new and costs roughly $6,800 an hour to operate (estimate).
8,000 nm
Range
540 kts
Max cruise
13–19
Passengers
$81M
New price
Highlights
- Mach 0.94 top speed, fastest business jet in service
- 8,000 nm range with four living spaces
- Lowest cabin altitude in the industry at 2,900 ft
Performance
- Range
- 8,000 nm
- Max cruise
- 540 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.95
- Max altitude
- 51,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 5,760 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,220 ft
- MTOW
- 116,500 lb
- Engines
- 2 × GE Passport 20-19BB1A
- Thrust per engine
- 18,920 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 500 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Bombardier Vision flight deck (Collins Pro Line Fusion)
Cabin
- Passengers
- 13 / 19
- Cabin length
- 54.4 ft
- Cabin width
- 8 ft
- Cabin height
- 6.2 ft
- Cabin volume
- 2,637 cu ft
- Baggage
- 195 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- $81M
- Variable cost / hr
- $6,800
- Fixed cost / yr
- $1,950,000
- First delivery
- 2025
- Units built
- 8
- Pre-owned range
- Not published
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly. Data reviewed 2026-09-13. Sources & methodology.
Dimensions & weights
- Length
- 111 ft
- Wingspan
- 104 ft
- Height
- 27 ft
Programme milestones
- 2021-05-18Milestone · Test aircraft reaches Mach 1.015 in a shallow dive aerospacetestinginternational.com
- 2022-05Announced · Unveiled as extended-range flagship bombardier.com
- 2025-11-05Certification · Transport Canada type certificate bombardier.com
- 2025-12-08First delivery · Entry into service, first delivery bombardier.com
- 2025-12-19Certification · FAA certification announced bombardier.com
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
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Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly.
Residual value curve
Estimated value retention over 10 years from new, by category depreciation model.
Year 10: 55% ≈ $44.6M
Compare with similar private jets
Compare: Global 8000 vs G800 vs G700 vs Global 7500 →
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Global 8000: price, yearly budget and the offered cabin
Separate the manufacturer’s current programme information from availability of a specific charter aircraft. Ask which configuration and performance assumptions support your proposed mission.
Annual cash operating budget
| Hours per year | Total operating budget | Average per hour | Fixed | Variable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | $2,630,000 | $26,300 | $1,950,000 | $680,000 |
| 200 | $3,310,000 | $16,550 | $1,950,000 | $1,360,000 |
| 400 | $4,670,000 | $11,675 | $1,950,000 | $2,720,000 |
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Editorial estimates, converted to the page currency. Operating budget = fixed + variable × hours. These are not charter quotes.
Three different prices
An acquisition estimate buys the asset. Variable hourly cost pays for flying it. A charter proposal buys a particular journey and may include positioning and other charges. Compare each against the same type of cost, not against one another.
What the annual budget includes
These figures use this aircraft record’s fixed and variable editorial estimates. They show cash operating costs at three utilisation levels, excluding acquisition, depreciation, financing or capital charges, taxes and extraordinary work. Missing inputs stay unavailable.
Guide updated 2026-10-23 · Manufacturer reference · JetAtlas methodology
Sources and credits
- Bombardier Global 8000 · Oren Rozen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons