For high-paying execs and their business associates, jetting from one city to another can really waste valuable time.
But the length of private trips around the world could soon be slashed, thanks to a new ‘near-supersonic’ liner in the works.
Canadian company Bombardier Aviation has revealed its Global 8000, a swanky private plane that flies at Mach 0.94 (720mph).
The luxury jet features a full-size kitchen, cinema, beds, showers, high-speed internet and an anti-jet lag lighting system.
According to the firm, Global 8000 has enough range to do long distance trips such as Dubai to Houston, Singapore to Los Angeles and London to Perth non-stop.
If cleared for commercial travel, the $80 million craft could complete the 3,459-mile trip from London to New York in less than four hours.
It would be the fastest civil aircraft since Concorde, the world’s only successful supersonic passenger airplane.
Jean-Christophe Gallagher, head of aircraft sales at Bombardier, said …