Gulfstream has delivered the first Europe-based G500, with the unnamed charter operator receiving the superwide-cabin aircraft in late October, shortly after the type secured European certification.

Gulfstream has delivered the first Europe-based G500, with the unnamed charter operator receiving the superwide-cabin aircraft in late October, shortly after the type secured European certification.

While Gulfstream has not disclosed the identity of the owner, Cirium Fleets data records Denmark’s Blackbird Air as the recipient of the G500, operating the aircraft (serial number 72019, registration OY-WLD) under management.

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The clean-sheet, 5,200nm (9,630km)-range G500 was launched in October 2014 and entered service in September 2018. Cirium records 33 deliveries of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW814GA -powered aircraft to date, with the majority of the fleet based in the USA.