Talk:Boeing Business Jet

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Max range

Latest comment: 19 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

From the Gulfstream V article:

Range is increased to 6,750 nautical miles, mostly due to reductions
in aerodynamic drag. This elevates the Gulfstream 550 to the longest
range business jet in the world.

Is this true? --Jumbo 02:53, 26 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

787s in BBJ configuration

Since Boeing's site for Orders and Deliveries includes orders for the 787 for its BBJ division, it would be a good time to include some information about it in the main article.

Boeing Business Jets are not just 737s anymore

Latest comment: 18 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Since Boeing has confirmed that it has sold 747s, 767s, 777s and 787s as Boing Business Jets for the VIP Transport market, it is time to change this article and not refer to them as only 737s in the lead paragraph. Here is a suggestion:

The Boeing Business Jet series are factory conversions of the Boeing 737, 747, and 787 airliners for the corporate jet or VIP transport market. Depending of the plane selected for conversion, a BBJ can seats between 25 and 100 passengers within a luxurious configuration. This may include a master bedroom, a washroom with shower(s), a conference/dining area, and a living area in the most common layout. The Boeing Business Jet is a 50/50 partnership between Boeing Commercial Airplanes and General Electric. Many of these aircraft also have the ability to travel non-stop to any ___location in the world.

Originally, the program was only designed to convert Boeing 737 jets, but has recently been expanded with the purchased of 3 Boeing 747 and 4 Boeing 787 in 2006. It is Boeing's policy of not revealing the identity of the purchaser of BBJ jets and it shows up on its order and delivery web site under "Boeing Business Jet".

There are no listings of other Boeing jets being converted to BBJs on Boeing's web site and, therefore, do not seem to be part of the official BBJ program. However, there have been reports of Boeing jets being purchased and later converted for VIP transport. One example of this is a used Boeing 767-200 that was purchased by the founders of Google, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and later converted. [1]

Orders and Deliveries of BBJs

Totals as of October 2006:

Type	Ordered	Delivered
737	109	93
747	3
787	4
Totals	116	93

user:mnw2000 17:14, 21 October 2006 (UTC)Reply