World’s fastest private jet debuts on international stage, and it’s built in Mississauga

Built in Mississauga, the fastest business jet on the planet is set to take yet another jump onto the international stage.

Bombardier’s new Global 8000, a private aircraft assembled at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga that travels at just below the speed of sound, will make its tradeshow debut May 21-23 at the Catarina Aviation Show in São Paulo, Brazil, company officials said this week.

At $78 million apiece and with room for 19 passengers, the Canadian company’s new flagship private plane will be on display for three days at the show, allowing visitors “the opportunity to tour the fastest business jet on the planet,” Bombardier brass said in a news release on Thursday, adding two of its other private aircraft — the Global 6500 and Challenger 3500 — will also appear at the South American tradeshow.

The Global 8000 received the long-awaited go-ahead for full production early last November. It was awarded Transport Canada Type certification at that time, which paved the way for its “entry into service” in early December.

“Flagship for a new era”

From there, the jet, dubbed by company executives “Bombardier’s flagship for a new era,” received U.S. Federal Aviation Administration certification on Dec. 19 followed by European Union Aviation Safety Agency certification on Jan. 23. 

“Bombardier’s Global 8000 is at the pinnacle of business aviation today and the Global 6500 and industry-leading Challenger 3500 are proven performers,” Frank Vento, Bombardier’s U.S. and Latin America vice-president of sales, said in the May 7 news release. “Being onsite at the Catarina Aviation Show provides Bombardier with the perfect opportunity to showcase the incredible performance and design attributes of these incredible aircraft.”

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).

Nonstop travel between “more city pairs than ever before”

That range allows Montreal-based Bombardier’s new 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.”

This past week, Bombardier officials further characterized the Global 8000 as being designed to “minimize the physiological stress associated with high-altitude travel, helping passengers arrive at their destinations feeling refreshed and ready to perform.

“With its impressive range, the aircraft can connect travellers from key city pairs, including São Paulo to Perth, São Paulo to Vancouver and São Paulo to Dubai.”

The new private jet, which replaces the Global 7500 as Bombardier’s top-of-the-line aircraft, is built at the Canadian aviation company’s relatively 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 last 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.

(Cover photo: Bombardier)