Boeing Business Jet

A Boeing Business Jet, or BBJ, is a version of a Boeing jet airliner modified to serve the private, head of state and corporate jet market. The first BBJ, based on the 737-700, rolled out on 26 July 1998 and made its first flight on 4 September 1998; it was designed in 1996 as a high-performance derivative of the 737 Next Generation by Borge Boeskov, at the request of Boeing president Phil Condit and General Electric chairman Jack Welch. The name later came to cover any Boeing aircraft modified for the business jet role, and Boeing extended the brand to configurations based on the 737 MAX, 777, 777X, 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 Intercontinental, known as the BBJ 737 MAX, BBJ 777, BBJ 777X, BBJ 787 and BBJ 747-8. Over 260 BBJs have been delivered, and Boeing currently produces the BBJ 737 MAX and BBJ 787. Airbus answered with its Airbus Corporate Jet programme.