Final Gulfstream G650 leaves production with G800 entry on the horizon
The last ever Gulfstream Aerospace G650 executive jet has rolled off the production line in Savannah, as attention now switches to the G800’s entry into service.
On February 12, 2025, Gulfstream confirmed that the latest made jet is the final time that its team will assemble a G650 or G650ER after more than a decade of service.
The last ultra-long-range jet will move to the next phase of the completions process at Gulfstream’s Appleton, Wisconsin, facility before making its official delivery to a customer later this year.
“Since their inception, the G650 and G650ER have become the industry standard that all others have followed, recently surpassing a staggering 1 million flight hours,” said Mark Burns, President of Gulfstream. “Beyond the program’s innumerable accolades and 125+ world speed records, innovations introduced with the form, fit and precision manufacturing process of the G650 laid the groundwork for today’s next-generation Gulfstream fleet.”
The first G650 was delivered to its launch customer in 2012 and two years later, in 2014, the G650ER, an extended range version of the original, was certified.
Markus Mainka / Shutterstock.comOver 500 of the G650 family aircraft have been sold and despite coming to an end the model will live on through the G800 which is considered its successor.
The G650 family has achieved numerous record-breaking feats, including a 2015 world circumnavigation accomplished with just one stop and being recognized by the Guinness World Records for achieving the fastest-ever circle of the Earth around both the north and south poles.
“While this will be the final G650 produced, the fleet’s high utilization and dispatch reliability mean these aircraft will serve customers for decades to come. As with any Gulfstream aircraft completing production, our Customer Support and program management teams will continue to research, develop and deploy advanced technologies and upgrades for retrofit, such as Honeywell Primus Epic Block 3, announced last July, and Starlink high-speed internet, announced in October,” added Burns.
The G800 is set to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the first half of 2025.
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