Global 8000 Three-Customer Deliveries Fully Underway: NetJets First Aircraft Received March, Vista First Upgrade Completed April, Bond Large Order Locks 2027 Operations

★★ Q1–Q2 2026 Global 8000 enters dense delivery phase: NetJets received its first aircraft March 26 (will ultimately have 24, including conversions); Vista received first Global 7500 → 8000 upgrade on April 15 (plan to upgrade all 18); Bond Aviation announced order expansion to 28 aircraft on April 14 with accelerated delivery, targeting 2027 launch of fractional ownership operations (reports cite total order value ~$5B, though this figure may include operations and service contract value, not pure aircraft procurement — Global 8000 list price ~$78M/aircraft). Three customers combined committed ~70 Global 8000/7500s — the major share of Bombardier's ultra-large-cabin capacity. Bond as a startup directly challenging NetJets/Flexjet with a 28-aircraft scale is one of the largest fractional-ownership market new entrants in recent years. Bombardier's capacity allocation and delivery schedule will become a critical bottleneck.