The latest generation of business jets are quick.
Quick enough to shave valuable hours from airline routes, while providing extraordinary levels of comfort and customization to the lucky few who can afford them.
Each aircraft has its own "mission profile," meaning customers can choose the best options from a wide variety of aircraft and then make them their own.
Today's business aircraft are flirting with the sound barrier, and it seems only a matter of time before technology allows the world's executives and jet-set elite to follow Chuck Yeager into new realms of speed.
But until that happens, and if going quick is the main goal, these are the five fastest business jets money can buy right now.
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The mach-.885 (679 mph), $53.5-million G550 can bring the whole boardroom along in sumptuous comfort, with sleeping accommodations for eight or room for a maximum of 19 passengers.
It also has a globe-trekking range of 6,750 nautical miles, and, like many of the aircraft on this list, it will fly well above most airliners at altitudes above 42,000 feet.
Global 6000 — as in 6,000 nautical miles of range.
Los Angeles to Moscow, if you please.
At the fastest cruise setting, the "Global Express" will do mach .89, or 683 mph.
It also boasts an exceptionally long cabin, a "superior stateroom experience" according to the manufacturer, and the option of a full bathroom, including a stand-up shower.
An industry standard, the Global 6000 goes for $45 million.
One of only two "trijets" currently in production, the $52.5-million Falcon 7X was, when launched in 2005, the first ever fully fly-by-wire business jet.
In 2014, a 7X made a record trip from New York to London in under 6 hours, an entire hour faster than the average commercial flight.
Top speed: mach .90, or 690 mph.
