When the Gulfstream G800 was publicly unveiled in 2021, the world was a different place. The increasing scale of global conflict has changed all that. The original objective of the new Gulfstream, an update of the popular G650ER, was simply to secure its position as aviation’s farthest-flying business jet with a range of 8,000 nautical miles. At the time, Bombardier had yet to announce its range-matching Global 8000, so the G800’s ability to go such a distance almost seemed like overreach. Even most versions of the intercontinental Boeing 747 cannot match that metric. As Gulfstream readies the first example of the G800 for delivery, the growing number of no-fly zones has proved the utility of flying farther without stops. “Conflicts have changed the way we connect cities,” says Scott Evans, Gulfstream’s director of demonstration, airborne customer support, and corporate flight operations. “There are areas of the world we don’t fly over anymore, so the additional range..
