Bombardier Challenger 350 Private Jet Charter

About the Bombardier Challenger 350

Some trips quietly outgrow the midsize category: London to Dubai with a full client team, Paris to New York's doorstep via a single fuel stop, Geneva to Riyadh non-stop. This is the territory the Challenger 350 was built for — and the market has answered emphatically, making it the best-selling super-midsize jet since deliveries began in 2014.

The headline number is 5,926 km of range, which converts almost the entire Europe–Middle East and Europe–West Africa map into non-stop missions with ten passengers aboard. But the 350's real argument is consistency at distance: it climbs directly to efficient altitudes, holds a fast cruise without burning the schedule, and lands with energy reserves that keep alternates honest. Bombardier evolved it from the proven Challenger 300 line, keeping the dispatch record that corporate flight departments prize, and adding new wings, engines and avionics where it counts.

At around €8,200 per flight hour, the 350 charges meaningfully less than heavy jets while covering perhaps ninety percent of their real-world missions. For groups of six to ten flying four-plus hours, it is the spreadsheet's favourite — and usually the passengers' too.

Performance

Ten passengers, 5,926 km, and field performance that tolerates hot-and-high departures: the 350's figures are aimed squarely at mission reliability rather than trophy statistics. Its wing — new for the 350 versus the original 300 — added winglets and span for measurably better climb and fuel economy, while uprated Honeywell engines push a faster cruise at long-range settings. The practical translation: Lisbon–Dubai, Madrid–Jeddah or Rome–Lagos as single legs, with the aircraft arriving inside fuel reserves and on schedule. Charter pricing around €8,200 per hour positions it as the rational ceiling of the super-midsize class — the point past which you are paying heavy-jet money for range you may never use.

Cabin

Step in and the first impression is width: the Challenger 350 carries one of the broadest cabins in its class, paired with a completely flat floor — no aisle trench to straddle, no shuffle-walk between seats. Eight executive seats in double-club arrangement (up to ten passengers with the optional divan) face each other across tables sized for working sessions, and every seat is a genuine seat, not a compromise.

This is a cabin engineered for the four-to-six-hour leg. Cabin altitude stays low, so a Geneva team lands in Dubai ready for the evening rather than wrecked by it. The galley supports real catering for a full cabin, the aft lavatory is private and full-size, and an unusually generous baggage compartment — accessible in flight — handles ten people's luggage without tactical packing. Connectivity, power at every seat and quiet sidewalls finish the brief: a mobile boardroom that happens to move at jet speed.

Wi-Fi, where installed, lets you work or stay in touch during the flight. A full galley allows fresh catering on board. A private lavatory adds comfort on longer flights.

Why choose the Challenger 350?

• Efficiency: Fuel burn of about — litres per hour
• Reliability: Powered by jet engines
• Flexibility: Access to major airports worldwide
• Comfort: Cabin pressurised to an altitude of 0 ft, for a more comfortable flight

For business or leisure, compare the Challenger 350 with other aircraft in its class before you choose.