15 May 2019: Gulfstream G550 has recently established a new city-pair speed record, connecting Shanghai with Seattle in 10 hours and 29 minutes, bringing the number of records the jet has earned to 55.
The aircraft left the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport at 2:09 p.m. local time on April 19 and landed at Seattle's King County International Airport-Boeing Field at 9:38 a.m. local time. The aircraft completed 5,123-nautical-mile/9,487-kilometer flight at an average speed of Mach 0.85.
Gulfstream G550 is equipped with two Rolls-Royce engines and has a maximum range of 6,750 nm/12,501 km at its long-range cruise speed of Mach 0.80. The aircraft seats up to 19 passengers and sleeps up to eight as it has a cabin length of 43 feet, 11 inches.
The aircraft is pending approval from US National Aeronautic Association. The Shanghai to Seattle city-pair will be sent to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale in Switzerland to recognise it as a world record.