World’s biggest private jet: Gulfstream’s new G700 is in race

Gulfstream is angling to reclaim bragging rights as builder of the world’s biggest private jet.

The planemaker unveiled plans to make a roomier version of its flagship G650, which was unseated last year as the largest luxury jet by Bombardier Inc.’s Global 7500. Gulfstream’s new G700, with an expected debut in 2022, will be capable of flying 7,500 nautical miles and cruising at just under the speed of sound.

The G700 has “the tallest, widest, longest cabin in our industry,” Gulfstream President Mark Burns said at a private-jet conference late Monday in Las Vegas.