Forbes Features the World's Fastest Passenger Jets

by Erin Mays (RSS feed)
Jun 13th 2007 at 3:04PM

Need to get someplace in a hurry? Forbes has your back.

Planes made by Dessault, Cessna and Gulfstream offer luxury and speed, most of them traveling at speeds above Mach 0.9 while providing an internet connection and TVs pumping DVD playback or a satellite steam. The Cessna Citation X tops the list, hitting Mach 0.92 and climbing to 43,000 feet in just 30 minutes, followed by planes such as the Gulfstream G550 and G450, which offer perks ranging from lighting sensors to security systems.

On the big commercial passenger jet side, the Boeing 747-8, part of Lufthansa and Emirates Airlines fleets and the Boeing 777, flying for British Airways and airlines, fly at speeds of 650 miles per hour while seating a whopping 400 people or more.

Click through to see a slideshow of the world's fastst passenger jets.

[Source: Forbes]

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Dmitry Paradis Jun 14th 2007 12:48PM

Forbes should check their sources, it looks like they googled-up their research and went with the first thing that came up.

The 747-8 is still in development with first flight scheduled for October 2009. Since we're talking passenger, Emirates have commitments for the -8 Freighters for their Emirates SkyCargo subsidiary.

Also, I would say that the typical cruise speed of Citation X is around Mach 0.82-0.85 (max speed flight is not fuel efficient), which is around the speed of a 747.