Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier said the new Global 8000 is already in development and will be “the world’s fastest and longest-range business jet”.
The aircraft will be designed for 19 passengers with a flight range of 14,800 kilometers. The maximum declared speed is Mach 0.94. According to Bombardier, the Global 8000 will enter service as early as 2025.
In May last year, a test copy of the Global 7500 during a demonstration flight managed to break the sound barrier, accelerating to a speed of over Mach 1.015. This is the first-ever supersonic flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The Global 8000 is not the only supersonic aircraft that manufacturers in different countries are currently working on.
Last year, United Airlines announced that it would offer passengers super-fast flights in 2029, and ordered 15 of these machines.
Meanwhile, Colorado-based Boom Supersonic is completing ground testing of the X-B1, the prototype for its 65-88-person Overture jet, intended for flights primarily across the ocean. At Mach 2.2 these will be very fast routes.
But Florida-based aviation startup Aerion went bankrupt months after plans were unveiled last year to build a commercial airliner, the Aerion AS3, capable of speeds over Mach 4.