Boeing Business Jet

The Boeing Business Jet series are variants of Boeing jet airliners for the corporate jet market.
The BBJ designation denotes the business jets based upon the 737 series airliners. These aircraft usually seat between 25 and 50 passengers within a luxurious configuration. This may include a master bedroom, a washroom with showers, a conference/dining area, and a living area. Boeing Business Jets also has corporate jet configurations based on the 737 MAX, 777X, 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 Intercontinental, which are known as 737 MAX VIP, 777X VIP, 787 VIP, and 747-8 VIP, respectively.
The BBJ division offers 11 products derived from Boeing's airliners.
Models.
Narrow-body models.
The first BBJ is based on the 737-700 with a stronger wing and landing gear from the 737-800.
Auxiliary belly fuel tanks extend range, over with nine tanks ( empty each), but most operators install five auxiliary fuel tanks to fly up to .
In 2002, the -800-based BBJ2 offered a 25% larger cabin with a similar range with five tanks, with the 2009 BBJ3 based on the 737-900.
Aviation Partners winglets gave the BBJ 5% more range.
A standard, retractable forward airstair allows for autonomous operations at remote airports.
Early interiors were way over the allowance and the BOWs reached over spec, but newer interiors can be 25% lighter for empty weights.
Fuel burn is per hour at Mach 0.785, rising to over at Mach 0.82, twice as much as a faster Global 6000.
Direct operating costs are $14,000 per hour, minor inspections come every 36 months and major inspections at 12-year for a 4–8 weeks down time.
At 41,000 ft, cabin altitude can be lowered from 8,000 ft to 6,500 ft, but it reduces airframe life to 26,000 down from 50,000 cycles, much higher than purpose-built business jets.
Most operators fly their aircraft 200–250 h per year with 6–8 passengers, 500–800 h for corporations to less than 150–200 h for individuals.
The CFM56 service program costs $240–260 per engine per hour, less than the Rolls-Royce BR700, with the engines staying on wing for at least 12,000–13,000 h for most, and up to 25,000–30,000 h.
Fokker Services were developing wide windows for the BBJ in 2016.
Twenty years after the 1999 introduction, 150 BBJs had entered service, triple the initial forecast of 50. The 2008 recession put ultra large jets under scrutiny and were divested by some companies. Some BBJs are operated by governments for VIP transport.
After the launch of the BBJ, Airbus followed suit with the launch of the Airbus ACJ derived from its A319 airliner, then the larger A320 and the smaller A318 Elite. Other smaller competitors include the Embraer Lineage, the Bombardier Global Express, the Gulfstream G550 and the Gulfstream G650. A BBJ costs per nautical mile to operate, whereas the faster G650ER costs $5.87 to 6.33.
Operators.
Private.
BBJs were initially operated by Fortune 100 companies like Aramco and Tracinda; NetJets, casinos like the Las Vegas Sands, but
the 2008 recession put ultra large jets under scrutiny and were divested by many companies including The Limited, General Electric and Occidental Petroleum. Similarly, Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign reduced conspicuous consumption of private jets in China.
BBJ are now operated by private firms and individuals: Fresno's Assemi Group, Miami's Crescent Heights, Wichita's Town & Country Food Market, Funair Corp., toymaker Ty Inc., Fortress Transportation & Instructure, Jeffrey Katzenberg, John Travolta, Steven Spielberg, Washington Corp., Tutor Saliba or pachinko king Hideyuki Busujima, with many registrations hiding their owners’ identities.
State VIP users.
Most BBJs are operated by governments for VIP transport in U.S., Australia and Africa, plus Colombia, Turkey, India, UAE, Jordan, Malaysia, South Africa and Tunisia; or Middle East oil barons like Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Saudi Arabia royalty.