EBACE: Gulfstream launches new G650 model with extra reach

The ultra-long-range aircraft will be able to travel 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 kilometers) at Mach 0.85 and 6,400 nm/11,853 km at Mach 0.90. This represents an increase of up to 500nm/926 km over the range of the G650, which entered service in 2012.
“The G650ER provides our customers with greater mission flexibility and the longest range of any business jet,” said Scott Neal, Gulfstream’s senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing. “It’s the only business aircraft in the world capable of traveling 7,500 nm. This opens up significant nonstop city pairs, including Dallas to Dubai and San Francisco to Delhi. G650ER owners in Dubai will be able to reach most of the contiguous United States. Thanks to the G650ER, the world just got a little smaller.”
A Gulfstream G650ER has already set two speed records during flight testing -
from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia, at an average speed of Mach 0.86. and Hong Kong to Teterboro, near New York.
“The capabilities of the G650ER are due in part to its twin Rolls-Royce BR725 engines, the latest and most advanced member of the BR700 engine series,” said Russell Buxton, president, civil small and medium engines, Rolls-Royce. “The BR725 incorporates technology from the market-leading Trent widebody engine family and was designed with excellent fuel efficiency and ample thrust margins that support the G650ER’s enhanced performance.”
The G650ER will share the same cabin, avionics and systems as the G650 and is currently undergoing FAA certification. Current G650 owners and order-holders will be able to upgrade their original G650 to a G650ER beginning in the first quarter of 2015.