A short briefing every morning: what’s new in the world of private jets, plus an aircraft, a priced route, a fact and a story from the archive.
Honeywell Aerospace’s 2026 outlook calls for about 9,950 business jets and 4,200 turboprops to be delivered over the next decade. It expects annual new-aircraft deliveries to rise from 1,280 in 2026 to more than 1,500 by 2035.
Read the brief →Guardian Jet launched a new market-intelligence tool showing that buyers are still paying extra for the right late-model business jets. Its data set spans 25 years and is being shown at NBAA-BACE 2026.
Read the brief →The ACJ TwoTwenty is Airbus's 'Xtra Large Bizjet', an A220-100 fitted with five additional fuel tanks for a 5,650 nm range and marketed against the Global 7500 and G700 with three times their cabin volume. Comlux completes the interiors in Indianapolis, and the first aircraft entered service in 2023 with FIVE Hotels and Resorts. Range 5,650 nm, 12 seats, about $82,000,000 new and roughly $7,500 an hour in fuel and maintenance.
Full profile →Sustainable aviation fuel still accounted for only about 0.3 percent of global jet fuel in 2024, even as manufacturers cleared their engines to run on 100 percent blends. (IATA SAF statistics, 2024)
More numbers →3,853 nautical miles, about 9h 15m in a large jet, roughly $123,670–$191,925 one-way for four — about $39,449 a seat.
Price this route →Dassault's largest-ever business jet, the Falcon 10X, made its maiden flight from Bordeaux-Mérignac on 19 June 2026, flying for two and a half hours and climbing to 40,000 feet on Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engines. With the widest cabin in its class and a 7,500-nautical-mile range, it is aimed squarely at the G800 and Global 8000, with service entry planned for late 2027.
The full timeline →France's VIP squadron at Villacoublay has flown Dassault Falcons since the early 1970s and currently operates two Falcon 7Xs and four Falcon 900s alongside an Airbus A330-200 registered F-RARF for long-haul presidential travel. The unit marked its 80th anniversary in 2025, and the government has said it will standardise the Falcon fleet by 2028.
The story →FALSE — Most business jets can use runways of 3,500–5,500 ft at typical weights, and turboprops and light jets go shorter still. A 10,000 ft runway is what a fully loaded widebody airliner needs on a hot day. Even the biggest business jets — Global 7500, G700 — quote balanced field lengths under 6,000 ft. Whole point of a private jet is landing at the small airport near where you're going.
The evidence →