NetJets is adding 100 new private jets through the end of 2022

NetJets

NetJets will add 30 more aircraft by the end and another 70 next year, according to an email sent to customers today

The world’s largest private jet operator is getting bigger, faster than it previously planned. Before the pandemic, NetJets said its fleet plan was to add approximately 40 new private jets annually over the next 10 years.

Jet Linx purchases Meridian’s aircraft management and charter business

Jet Linx Jamie Walker

The acquisition brings 23 long-range and short-range private jets including Bombardier Global Express 6000 and 5000s, Gulfstream G550s, GVs, G450s, GIVSPs, Dassault Falcon 7Xs and 2000s, and Embraer Phenom 300s

Jet Linx becomes the largest Part 135 operator at Teterboro, the world’s busiest private jet airport

Jet Linx Aviation, which only opened up a New York-base last year, is set to become a major player in business aviation’s biggest market.

Bombardier Global Express Comparison Guide

Bombardier Global Express

Comparing the Bombardier Global 7500, Global 6000, Global 5000, Global Express, and Global XRS

Like Coke or Pepsi, Mercedes or BMW, for many private jet users, it’s either a Gulfstream or Global Express, not both

Before Gulfstream acquired Galaxy Aerospace in 2001, a Gulfstream simply referred to the very top of the private jet market, the Ritz-Carlton of private jets, the Rolls Royce of business jets, take your choice.

Those signature oval windows made a Gulfstream easy to spot from the other side of the runway.

However, times change and Canadian manufacturer Bombardier Business Aircraft has over the past two decades firmly positioned its Global Express family of ultra-long-haul private jets as a fierce rival to Gulfstream.

Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg are Global Express owners, as is Herb Kohler and Tony Robbins.

In addition to full ownership, there are options for fractional ownership, leases, on-demand charter, and jet card membership for the Global family.

Fleet operators include Crystal Luxury Air, Flexjet, NetJets, OJets, Qatar Executive, and VistaJet. Clay Lacy, JetEdge, and Priester Aviation each manage Globals that are available for on-demand charter.

Additionally, there’s more in the future. In 2018, Corporate Jet Investor reported, “Rolls-Royce has developed two new Pearl engines for the aircraft and Bombardier has reprofiled the wings compared to its existing Global 5000 and Global 6000 aircraft. This means that the Global 5500 will be able to fly 5,700 nautical miles and the Global 6500 some 6,600 nautical miles.”

Bombardier Global Express family

  • Global 7500
  • Global 6500
  • Global 6000
  • Global 5500
  • Global 5000
  • Global Express
  • Global Express XRS

Comparing Global Express models available in the fractional, lease, jet card, and on-demand charter markets

Aircraft
Global
7500
Global
5000
Global
6000
Global
Express
Global
Express
XRS
Fractional
Ownership
or Lease
Yes – 2021YesYesYesYes
Fleet Size
(May 2020)
2222293145165
Jet CardYesYesYesNoYes
On-Demand
Charter
NoYesYesYesYes
Cabin
Height
6.256.256.256.256.25
Cabin
Width
8.178.178.178.178.17
Cabin
Length
54.4042.4748.3548.3548.35
Baggage Volume
(sq. ft.)
195195195190195
Seats14131312 to 13Varies
Sleeps8776 to 7 6 to 7
Range –
Seats
Full (nm)
7,7005,2005,8905,9406,055
Max.
Range
4 pax
(nm)
N/A5,3506,0806,1256,226
Max.
Cruise
Speed
(mph)
690588588581588
Normal
Cruise
Speed
(mph)
652561561561561
Long
Range
Cruise
Speed
(mph)
652471471459471
Launch20192005201219992005
End In
Production
In
Production
In
Production
20052012

Global Express Cabin Layouts

Bombardier’s Global family offers multiple cabin configurations. Below are the most typical.

Global 7500

Standard Bombardier Global 7500 cabin layout

Global 6000

Bombardier Global 6000
Standard Bombardier Global 6000 cabin layout

Global 5000

Bombardier Global 5000
Standard Bombardier Global 5000 cabin layout

Global Express

Flexjet’s Global Express cabin layout

Sources: Amstat, Bombardier, VistaJet, Flexjet, NetJets, Conklin & DeDecker

Other Bombardier private jets currently in production

Learjet 75 Liberty

Challenger 350

Challenger 650

Private Jet Card Comparisons can help you figure out the best option for your flying needs.

NetJets, Flexjet, and VistaJet: Comparing the large cabin options

NetJets, Flexjet and VistaJet compared

Across fractional ownership, leasing, and jet cards, we look at the leading branded private jet options when you are looking for large-cabin, long-haul solutions (including seat maps)

Updated to include VistaJet’s Global 7500

(Updated Nov. 9, 2019) If you are looking for program access to a branded fleet of large-cabin aircraft and are based in the U.S., the options are somewhat limited, although they include the three of the most prominent fleet operators out there with NetJets, Flexjet and VistaJet.

Also of note is Dumont Group, which expects to have a fleet of around 27 Dassault Falcon 2000 aircraft by early next year. In this report, we give you an overview of the current options from each provider.

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