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#2421· ICAO GL5T, GLEX

Bombardier Global Express

🇨🇦 Canada ·first flew 1996· business jet

💼 business jet jet ✓ still flying
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. 2010-07-08 BD700 Tyrolean OE-IGS EDDF 03: Wo st 01 (There are 682 Pictures in my Category ) See also Toolserver· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
  2. 2. Global 5000: Papas Dos from Moscow, Russia· CC BY 2.0
  3. 3. Bombardier Global 6000: André Gerwing· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Northrop Grumman E-11A: Capt. Anna-Marie Wyant· Public domain
  5. 5. Raytheon Sentinel R1: Alan Radecki Akradecki· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global Express, Qatar Airways JP7321029: Aldo Bidini· GFDL 1.2
  7. 7. Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global Express AN1172942: Konstantin von Wedelstaedt· GFDL 1.2
  8. 8. Bombardier Global Express (Qatar Amiri Flight), Amiri 5 (2685423794) (cropped): allen watkin from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. Untitled Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global Express; LX-AAA@ZRH;26.11.2012 (8222984297): Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland· CC BY-SA 2.0
  10. 10. Vista Jet Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global Express XRS; OE-LXR@ZRH;08.06.2011 (5832393313) (cropped): Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland· CC BY-SA 2.0
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Bombardier Global Express, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Bombardier Global Express is a large cabin, long-range business jet designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aviation. Announced in October 1991, it first flew in October 1996, received its Canadian type certification in July 1998 and entered service in July 1999. Initially powered by two BMW/Rolls-Royce BR710s, it shares its fuselage cross section with the Canadair Regional Jet and Challenger 600 with a new wing and tail.

base stats

  • built 500made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

  • First flew 30 years ago, in 1996.
  • Can fly 1.8× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight
1996-10-13
introduced
1999
status
still flying
number built
500
role
business jet
origin
🇨🇦 Canada
makers
Bombardier
engines
jet
top speed
—
range
—
ceiling
15,500 m
ICAO code
GL5T, GLEX

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

family

Raytheon Sentinel2004

Sources: Wikidata Q373171, Wikipedia: Bombardier Global Express (CC BY-SA 4.0), ICAO code from list of aircraft type designators.Updated 2026-10-24.

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