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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.]]>Jun 14th 2007 12:48PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2007/06/13/forbes-features-the-worlds-fastest-passenger-jets/http://www.luxist.com/2007/06/13/forbes-features-the-worlds-fastest-passenger-jets/Jun 14th 2007 1:44PM