Transport Canada Certifies Gulfstream G700, G800

Gulfstream Aerospace has secured Transport Canada validation for all four of the models that had been pending in recent years, following yesterday’s approval for the company’s flagship G700 and G800. That followed certification of both the G500 and G600 on February 15.

The latest round of approvals came under threat of retaliation from the White House, which on January 29 had threatened to “decertify” all in-production Bombardier aircraft until Transport Canada completed its validations of the Gulfstream models. Following that threat, Transport Canada was in close contact with its U.S. counterparts, and “our government is actively working on this situation. Canada’s aviation industry is safe and reliable. We will stand behind it.”

Gulfstream had applied for Transport Canada approval of the G500 and G600 six years ago, and then in 2024 for the G700 and G800. Gulfstream received U.S. certification for the G500 and G600 in 2018 and 2019. Both have received an EASA nod. The G700 followed in March 2024 with FAA certification and, within a year, had picked up 11 validations, including EU approval. But Canadian approval was not among them until yesterday. The G800, meanwhile, received its FAA and EASA approval last April concurrently.

Just ahead of the G700 and G800 validations yesterday, Gulfstream had said it was “optimistic that progress is being made” and reiterated that statement today.