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Gulfstream's G600 Reaches 100th Customer Delivery Mark
By: Kerry Lynch
Caption: Gulfstream has handed over the 100th G600 to a customer, a milestone reached just months after the G500 sibling notched a similar mark.
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Gulfstream Aerospace handed over the 100th ultra-long-range G600 to a customer, the Savannah, Georgia airframer announced yesterday. Completed at Gulfstream’s Dallas center, the milestone aircraft was delivered to an unnamed customer in North America. The mark was reached in just 3.5 years since the first G600 was delivered in August 2019 and certified two months earlier. It also comes on the heels of the 100th customer delivery of its slightly smaller G500 sibling that occurred in the second half of last year.
"Thanks to its highly customizable cabin, fuel-efficient design, and exceptional performance capabilities, we are seeing unwavering customer demand,” said Gulfstream president Mark Burns. “The 100th G600 customer delivery is a testament to that excellence and surging popularity.”
The G600 can travel 6,600 nm at Mach 0.85 or 5,600 nm at Mach 0.90. The twinjet has set more than 35 city-pair records, at least 10 of which had already occurred by the time of its first customer delivery. City-pair records have included Washington, D.C., to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 11 hours 40 minutes; Paris to Rio de Janeiro in 9 hours 42 minutes; and London to Seattle in 8 hours 40 minutes.