Fastest business jet in the world just got a bit faster, and it’s built in Mississauga

The fastest business jet in the world, built in Mississauga and described earlier this year as the “ultimate time machine” and “fastest civil aircraft since the Concorde,” just got even faster.

Built at Montreal-based Bombardier’s new $670-million state-of-the-art Aircraft Assembly Centre at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, the Global 8000 now promises a top operating speed of Mach .95 (about 1,164 km/h) when it comes into widespread service later this year, officials with the Canadian aviation firm said on Monday. 

When it successfully completed its inaugural flight earlier this year, the new jet, also said to be the world’s longest-range private aircraft, was being marketed with a top operating speed of Mach .94 (about 1,151 km/h). Mach 1, the speed of sound, is measured at around 1,234 km/h.

Bombardier officials unveiled the new top speed for the Global 8000 on Monday in Las Vegas, site of this week’s National Business Aviation Association convention and trade show. In doing so, they noted Mach .95 is the “highest speed in civil aviation,” making the company’s new flagship aircraft “the fastest business jet in history.”

When you fly close to the speed of sound, you can see a dawn that never ends.

Introducing the Bombardier #Global8000, now faster than ever at Mach 0.95. pic.twitter.com/qNWAsNyRb6

— Bombardier (@Bombardier) October 13, 2025

“This accomplishment for Bombardier is reflective of the remarkable expertise of every employee that has worked on the development of this industry-leading business jet,” Bombardier president and CEO Éric Martel said in a news release, adding the new jet will deliver customers to their destinations around the globe faster than ever before. 

“The Global 8000 was already the fastest business aircraft ever built and with this new speed capability, this incredible aircraft is set to redefine the ultra-long-range market,” said Stephen McCullough, the company’s senior vice-president, engineering and product development. “This achievement underscores the significant contributions of our innovative design, flight test and production teams and showcases their immense expertise, obsession with excellence and unrelenting commitment to push the boundaries.”

Bombardier officials added the new aircraft will also provide “the smoothest ride” along with the world’s greatest speeds.

In May of this year, the Global 8000’s first journey (see video below) took it from Pearson Airport to Waterloo, Ontario. During the brief trip, the aircraft “executed a series of tests, part of the production flight test procedures,” the company said at the time. “All flight controls were exercised on the aircraft, and the systems and aircraft performed as expected.”

Officials said shortly after that initial flight the new production jet would travel to Bombardier’s aircraft completion centre in Montreal where the final interior touches were to take place ahead of its planned entry-into-service the second half of 2025.

Bombardier said earlier the Global 8000 is the “evolution” of its successful Global 7500 aircraft, which entered into service in 2018. Additionally, company officials noted, it’s the “fastest civil aircraft since the Concorde.”

The new jet is expected to have a significant impact on business travel and is further described by Bombardier as “the ultimate time machine, unlocking more routes than ever before including Dubai to Houston, Singapore to Los Angeles, London to Perth and many others.”

The Global 8000 also “possesses outstanding short-field capabilities, with the ability to access smaller airports other aircraft in its category can’t access,” company officials said earlier. 

At $78 million apiece and with room for 19 passengers, the new jet will whisk passengers around the world at a speed approaching the speed of sound and greater than that of any other private jet currently in the skies.

Featuring a range of 14,816 kilometres (9,206 miles or 8,000 nautical miles), the Global 8000 will also take passengers farther than any other business jet once it takes to the air.

During a test flight in May 2021 observed by a NASA-operated Boeing F-18 fighter, the new Bombardier private jet broke the sound barrier when it recorded a speed of Mach 1.015, or 1,243 km/h.

(Photo: Bombardier)

Online aviation firm Simple Flying earlier listed the fastest private jets in the world.

On the heels of Bombardier’s new Global 8000 are the Gulfstream G700 jet and another Bombardier aircraft, the Global 7500. Both reach speeds of Mach .925

By comparison, the world’s fastest commercial planes check in at maximum speeds of about Mach .85, or 1,049 km/h.

Bombardier’s 770,000-sq.-ft. Global Manufacturing Aircraft Assembly Centre, the largest standalone structure to be built at Pearson Airport in more than 20 years, according to airport officials, began operating at full capacity in early 2024 and replaced the former final assembly plant in Downsview.