A Quick Look At The Gulfstream G700 In Asia-Pacific

Fans of British TV might have come across a reality show called ‘How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?’ It was a lightweight pulpy show that did quite well in the ratings, although not well enough to be granted a second season.

The idea behind the show was simple enough – find a new ‘star’ to perform the role of Maria von Trapp in a new stage production of The Sound of Music. Essentially, the premise was that Julie Andrews was so good as the titular von Trapp in The Sound of Music that it would be difficult to replace her.

But the main thing the show gave us is its title, with ‘How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?’ bordering on the edge of modern vernacular to mean ‘How do you replace something that is so good that it’s really going to be a problem finding a replacement?’

And that’s exactly the problem that Gulfstream engineers faced when thinking about what to do with the wildly successful G650/G650ER. It’s impossible to adequately explain the impact that the G650/G650ER had on the market when it was first released. Although Gulfstream had a long history of building the finest business jets, the G650 was in a class of its own.

Although it was effectively derived from the smaller G550, the G650 not only had longer legs, but it was fast, really fast. So fast in fact that Textron had to eke a tiny bit more speed out of its Citation X+ to regain the fastest business crown that it held before Gulfstream released the G650.

So how do you solve a problem like replacing the G650/G650ER? The simple answer is you don’t, you just take what you have and make it even better.

Gulfstream first introduced the G700 to the world in October 2019, by unveiling a cabin mockup during a special event right before that year’s National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) annual Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas. But this is Gulfstream, and Gulfstream doesn’t just unveil a cabin mockup. Following the presentation of the mockup Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream Aerospace introduced a video showing the f irst G700 taxiing under its own power.

The aircraft that Gulfstream introduced was a 10-foot stretch of the G650ER, enabling the G700 to have a five-zone interior. As well as the fuselage stretch, the G700 includes the avionics suite from the both the G500 and G600, which Gulfstream first introduced to the world in 2014. Aside from the size of the aircraft, with its added 10-foot came additional windows, with the G700 sporting ten of Gulfstream’s signature oval windows.

The aircraft flew for the first time on February 14, 2020 and following a long flight test and certification campaign, finally entered service during the second quarter of 2024.

At the end of 2025 there were a total of 12 G700’s operating in Asia-Pacific, which represented more than 10% of the global fleet.

“One of the first G700’s to be delivered came to the region, finding its new home in New Zealand.”

Which was followed a few months later by the first Hong Kong-based example. Both aircraft were delivered before the end of 2024, making it into our year-end 2024 Business Jet Fleet Report.

With deliveries ramping up across the world in 2025, Asia-Pacific took another ten aircraft. Although there was a good spread of aircraft delivered across the region, two places took deliveries of more than one aircraft, with both Hong Kong and Vietnam taking two aircraft each.

The region also saw one of the first pre-owned transactions, with an aircraft delivering to Indonesia, and then being sold onwards to Flexjet in the US shortly afterwards. Later in the year another G700 was delivered to Indonesia, although that one is still current.

So, at the end of 2025 it was Hong Kong that had the most based G700s, with the three aircraft just pipping Vietnam which had two. Australia, China, Japan and Taiwan were the other countries that saw deliveries.

Data Source: ASG

As Gulfstream progresses further with new aircraft deliveries, we are likely to see more and more aircraft coming into the region. Notable from the list of countries to see deliveries so far are India, Malaysia and Singapore, although India did see its first delivery in February 2026, a little late to be included in the scope of this report.