Volkswagen's Falcon 8X D-AGBA lands in Wuxi after 11-hour flight from Germany

Volkswagen AG's Dassault Falcon 8X, tail number D-AGBA, landed at Sunan Shuofang International Airport (ZSWX) in Wuxi, China, on Monday, November 2, 2026, at 01:20 UTC. The flight departed Wilsche Glider Field (EDVQ) in Gifhorn, Germany, at 14:19 UTC. The trip took 11 hours and 2 minutes.

The aircraft covered a great-circle distance of 4,536 nautical miles, or 5,220 miles, at an average ground speed of 411 knots. It reached a top speed of 558 knots and a highest altitude of 41,000 feet. According to celebplanes estimates, the flight burned about 3,088 US gallons of fuel and produced about 29.7 metric tons of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 73,418 miles. The Falcon 8X is an ultra long range jet built by Dassault, with a range of 6,450 nautical miles and a ceiling of 51,000 feet. It typically seats 12 passengers and can carry up to 16. The aircraft has been in service since 2016.

This was the first landing at Wuxi by any of Volkswagen's aircraft in the tracked window. Volkswagen's home base is Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport (EDVE) in Germany. Usual destinations include Munich, Hamburg, Vienna, Zurich, Palma de Mallorca, and Nice. In the 30 days before this flight, Volkswagen's two aircraft made 13 flights, spent 69.4 hours in the air, and covered about 31,307 nautical miles. The aircraft had been on the ground for about 3 days before this flight, following a previous tracked landing at Zurich on October 30.

Volkswagen AG is a German automotive group headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, and one of the world's largest automobile manufacturers. The company operates Volkswagen AirService, a wholly-owned corporate airline based at Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport, located approximately 10 km from the Wolfsburg headquarters. The fleet comprises eight private aircraft: two Dassault Falcon 8X, four Dassault Falcon 7X, and two Pilatus PC-24, operating under the callsign 'Beetle.' Volkswagen AirService completes about 2,800 flights annually, with two-thirds transporting VW employees to the group's 118 global locations and one-third serving charter clients. A web search found no specific public event or meeting tied to Volkswagen in Wuxi on this date.

This flight from Gifhorn to Wuxi adds to a busy week for Volkswagen's fleet. The aircraft had also landed at Zurich on October 30 and at Salzburg on October 28 before this departure.

The flight from Gifhorn to Wuxi used 70 percent of the aircraft's range. The departure field sits at 191 feet elevation. The arrival field has a longest runway of 10,499 feet and sits at 24 feet elevation. The distance from Volkswagen's home base at Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport to Wuxi is 4,583 nautical miles.

Volkswagen AirService connects Wolfsburg with other VW Group sites including Audi in Ingolstadt, Porsche in Stuttgart, SEAT in Barcelona, and Skoda in Mladá Boleslav. The airport is a major shareholder in Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport, which serves exclusively business aviation with no scheduled commercial passenger service.

In the tracked window from August 21 to October 30, Volkswagen's two aircraft made 38 flights. The most common destinations were Braunschweig with 18 landings, Manching with 3 landings, and Munich with 2 landings. The longest leg in that period was Austin to Braunschweig on October 5, covering 4,595 nautical miles.