Gulfstream

Gulfstream Aerospace announced on Tuesday that the G700 business jet is making progress on its flight test program, having now logged more than 100 test flights. In addition to completing flutter testing, the test flights took the aircraft beyond its typical maximum operating speed and cruise altitude, reaching Mach 0.99 and 54,000 feet. The model […]

Gulfstream announced the sale of its last commercially available Gulfstream G550 business jet on Wednesday. According to the company, it will now move toward winding down production of the model. More than 600 G550s have been manufactured since the aircraft was introduced in 2000. The model flew for the first time in July 2002 and […]

Gulfstream Aerospace announced on Monday that its G600 business jet has earned type certificate approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The aircraft received its FAA type certificate on June 28, 2019, and entered service on Aug. 8. According to Gulfstream, the G600 has earned 23 city-pair speed records including completing a 4,057 […]

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced plans to construct a new maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Texas’s Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW). The 160,000-square-foot (14,864-square-meter) service center will include hangar space, back shops and employee and customer offices. Gulfstream expects to break ground on the project in the third quarter of 2020 and open the facility […]

Gulfstream announced the delivery of its 600th Gulfstream G550 business jet on Monday, celebrating the milestone at the company’s completions and maintenance facility in Brunswick, Georgia. Introduced in 2000, the G550 flew for the first time in July 2002 and entered service in September of the following year. The Gulfstream G550 team was awarded the […]

Gulfstream Aerospace has partnered with FlightSafety International to provide training for its new G700 business jet, which was unveiled at the 2019 NBAA convention this week. As part of the future training program, FlightSafety is designing a simulator in tandem with the development of the G700. The FS1000 flight simulator will be installed at the […]

Gulfstream unveiled its new G700 business jet at the 2019 National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday. The aircraft is already well on its way toward certification, with Gulfstream reporting that it has put in almost 14,000 hours of lab testing on the aircraft in its “integration- and cabin-test […]

Gulfstream recently laid off approximately 446 employees from 11 locations, reducing its workforce by about 3.5 percent. The company is still hiring in areas such as manufacturing and maintenance, but reducing business support and administrative functions positions, Gulfstream Director of Corporate Communications and Media Relations Heidi Fedak told Fox News on Wednesday. “In order to […]

Gulfstream held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility last Friday. The facility, called the Gulfstream East Campus, is located at the company’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia, on the east side of Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV). According to Gulfstream, it undertook the project in order […]

Gulfstream announced that it delivered the first of its new G600 jets on Thursday. An unidentified U.S. customer took delivery of the aircraft at Gulfstream’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. As previously reported by AVweb, the G600 received its FAA type and production certificates on June 28, 2019. “We always strive to exceed our customers’ expectations, […]