For high-paying executives and their business associates, jetting from one city to another can really eat up valuable time. That time could soon be slashed, thanks to a new “near-supersonic” airliner 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. The Global 8000 has enough range to make 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 aircraft could complete the 3,459-mile trip from London to New York in less than 4 hours. It would be the fastest civil aircraft since the Concorde, the world’s only successful supersonic passenger airplane.
