17 October, 2018: Rolls-Royce is celebrating its 60th anniversary in Business aviation. From the beginning in 1958, which was marked by the first flight of the Dart-powered Gulfstream I, through to the recent launch of the Pearl 15-powered Bombardier Global 5500 and Global 6500, Rolls-Royce has followed a pioneering approach to offer its customers astonishing engine technology and services.
Over the last six decades Rolls-Royce has become the world’s leading engine supplier in business aviation, powering some of the largest, fastest and longest range business jets available. Today about 3,000 of these aircraft are in service globally, helping companies to enhance business efficiency, productivity and enabling economic growth. They offer the flexibility and connectivity required in a globalised world, fly heads of states around the globe, support humanitarian efforts or connect families by making the world a smaller place.
Rolls-Royce has already delivered more than 7,000 business aviation engines to power the world’s most successful and finest business aircraft. The latest addition to this market-leading business aviation engine portfolio is the recently unveiled Pearl engine family. Its first member, the Pearl 15, received EASA certification on 28 February 2018 and will power the new Bombardier Global 5500 and Global 6500 jets exclusively.