Gulfstream’s final G650 completes production
February 13, 2025
Gulfstream has announced that the final G650 has rolled off the production line, marking the end of an era for one of the world’s most renowned business jets.
The aircraft will now move to Gulfstream’s Appleton, Wisconsin, facility for final completion before being delivered to its customer later this year.
Since its introduction, the G650 has set new standards in business aviation, including a near-global circumnavigation with just one stop in 2015 and the longest non-stop business jet flight in history when a G650ER flew from Singapore to Tucson, Arizona, in 2019.
The aircraft also played a key role in the 2019 One More Orbit mission, which set a Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation of Earth via the North and South Poles.
“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, Gulfstream.
“Beyond the program’s innumerable accolades and 125-plus 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.”
“While this will be the final G650 produced, the fleet’s high utilisation and dispatch reliability mean these aircraft will serve customers for decades to come. As with any Gulfstream aircraft completing production, our customer support and programme 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,” Burns said.
