Cirrus launches Vision Jet G3 featuring cabin, avionics upgrades

Cirrus Aircraft on February 3, 2026, introduced the Vision Jet G3, the third generation of its single-engine jet, adding seating capacity, avionics upgrades, and a reworked cabin as the company looks to broaden the aircraft’s appeal among business owners and charter operators. 

Cirrus said deliveries of the G3 are already underway. The new version builds on the Vision Jet G2+ platform rather than changing performance fundamentals, focusing instead on usability, comfort, and digital integration. More than 700 Vision Jets have been delivered since the aircraft entered service in 2016, making it among the best-selling jets in general aviation. 

The most visible change is inside the cabin. The G3 introduces a redesigned third-row bench seat that allows the aircraft to carry six adults and one child, compared with the more limited rear-row configuration on earlier models. Cirrus also reshaped the seating layout to improve legroom for rear passengers and simplify seat adjustment and removal when owners need more cargo space. 

Cirrus reworked the seats themselves as well, adding bolstering, folding armrests, and hardshell seatbacks wrapped in Alcantara. The company said the redesign eliminates a common complaint from earlier models related to noise and flex in the energy-absorbing seat structure used to support the aircraft’s whole-airframe parachute system. 

Tray tables now stow in the sidewalls instead of a center console, opening up floor space between the middle seats. Cirrus also removed the overhead cabin screen, acknowledging that most passengers rely on personal devices for entertainment. New mounting points on the seatbacks allow owners to attach phones, tablets, or cameras. 

In the cockpit, Cirrus added several features aimed at reducing pilot workload. The Vision Jet G3 introduces air traffic control datalink capability, allowing pilots to receive route changes, altitude assignments, and frequency changes digitally rather than by voice. The system also supports push-to-load functionality, letting pilots send instructions directly into the avionics. 

Other avionics updates include automatic database updates through the Cirrus IQ Pro Advanced subscription, alerts-linked electronic checklists that call up relevant procedures when cautions or warnings appear, and taxi routing with 3D airport surface mapping. Cirrus also automated certain routine tasks, such as standard barometric pressure changes when climbing or descending through 18,000 feet. 

Externally, the Vision Jet G3 gains new Cirrus Spectra wingtips with brighter landing lights and a distinctive halo effect, drawing from design elements first introduced on the SR series piston aircraft. Cirrus also revised the aircraft’s environmental system inlet on the nose to reduce cabin noise when the air conditioner cycles on. 

Performance remains largely unchanged, though Cirrus said the G3 benefits from a higher maximum operating Mach number in colder conditions, allowing slightly higher cruise speeds when temperature permits. The aircraft retains the Williams International FJ33-5A engine and a maximum operating altitude of FL310. The G3 Vision Jet did not receive an upgrade to Garmin G3000 Prime avionics, as some buyers had hoped it would. Cirrus Chief Executive Officer Zean Nielsen said the G3 reflects continued investment in personal aviation rather than a clean-sheet redesign. “The Vision Jet was always intended to evolve,” Nielsen said, pointing to the aircraft’s growing role in owner-flown business travel and charter operations. 

Cirrus said avionics upgrades introduced with the G3 will be available for earlier Vision Jet models, an important consideration for the existing fleet as digital datalink capabilities become more common, particularly in European airspace. 

The Vision Jet G3 carries a base price of about $3.6 million. The post Cirrus launches Vision Jet G3 featuring cabin, avionics upgrades appeared first on AeroTime.

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