The world’s fastest business jet just hit another milestone that was built in Mississauga

Less than two months after officially entering service, the fastest business jet on the planet has achieved another milestone.

Bombardier’s new Global 8000, a private aircraft built in Mississauga that travels at just below the speed of sound, recently received European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification, company officials said in a news release.

At $78 million apiece and with room for 19 passengers, the Canadian company’s new flagship private plane received the long-awaited go-ahead for full production in early November. It was awarded Transport Canada Type certification at that time, which paved the way for its “entry into service” in early December.

From there, the Global 8000 received U.S. Federal Aviation Administration certification on Dec. 19 followed by EASA certification on Jan. 23. 

“Attaining EASA certification illustrates the hard work and dedication of Bombardier’s highly skilled employees and suppliers in collaboration with Transport Canada and EASA teams,” Stephen McCullough, Bombardier’s executive vice president engineering,  product development and defence, said in a news release. “This accomplishment further strengthens the momentum behind this groundbreaking business jet.”

Described early last year by its creators as the “ultimate time machine” and “fastest civil aircraft since the Concorde,” the Global 8000 provides a top operating speed of Mach .95 (about 1,164 km/h) and a range of 14,816 kilometres (9,206 miles/8,000 nautical miles).

That range allows Montreal-based Bombardier’s new flagship business aircraft to offer “nonstop travel between more city pairs than ever before,” company officials said earlier, adding it also enables passengers “to fly faster and farther than ever before.”

The momentum continues for the Bombardier #Global8000. Now certified by @EASA, this accomplishment builds on recent certifications from Transport Canada and the FAA, reflecting the incredible engineering behind this groundbreaking jet.

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— Bombardier (@Bombardier) January 23, 2026

The jet, which replaces the Global 7500 as Bombardier’s top-of-the-line aircraft, is built at the Canadian aviation company’s new $670-million state-of-the-art Aircraft Assembly Centre at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga.

Also said to be the world’s longest-range private jet, the Global 8000 successfully completed its inaugural flight in early 2025 (see video below). At that time, it 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.

More recently, though, the world’s fastest private jet got even faster — with Bombardier officials unveiling the new top speed (Mach .95) for the Global 8000 this past October in Las Vegas at the National Business Aviation Association convention and trade show.

In making that announcement, they noted Mach .95 is the “highest speed in civil aviation,” making the company’s new flagship aircraft “the fastest business jet in history.”

Bombardier also points out that while the top operating speed of the Global 8000 is slightly less than the speed of sound, the jet “went supersonic in testing” — exceeding the speed of sound — when it was still in development.

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.