Bombardier Challenger 850 Private Jet Charter

About the Bombardier Challenger 850

Some missions defeat the standard charter playbook: a board of directors travelling together, a football squad with staff, a roadshow team that needs to work between cities as one room. The Challenger 850 was built for exactly these briefs. Bombardier took the CRJ200 — the regional airliner flying millions of passengers yearly — and converted its proven shell into the largest cabin the Challenger name has carried.

The arithmetic is the argument. Fourteen passengers travel in executive comfort — against eight to ten in conventional heavies — with the cabin length to seat them all in genuine working groups rather than rows. With 3,234 km of range at a 941 km/h cruise, the 850 covers the European group-mission map directly: London to Athens with the whole delegation, Paris to Moscow for the negotiating team, Munich to Lisbon with a tournament squad.

At around €9,500 per flight hour, the 850's per-seat economics embarrass smaller heavies the moment passenger counts pass ten — the cost of one aircraft against two midsize jets flying in formation, with the team kept together. For group charter in Europe, the type occupies a niche it has never had to share: airline-proven structure, executive finish, and the only cabin in the class that treats fourteen as a design point rather than a squeeze.

Performance Excellence

Fourteen executive passengers, 3,234 km of range, 941 km/h cruise — figures built on the CRJ200's airline structure, with the dispatch reliability and maintenance ecosystem of a type produced in the hundreds for scheduled service. Two General Electric CF34-3B1 engines carry an airline service record few corporate types can reference. Field performance keeps primary and strong secondary airports in reach across the European mission set. At roughly €9,500 per flight hour, the Challenger 850 delivers the lowest per-seat cost in heavy-class charter once the manifest passes ten — the group-mission specialist whose competition is not another jet, but the compromise of splitting the team in two.

Cabin Comfort

The 850 cabin is what happens when an airliner's volume meets an executive brief. Nearly fifteen metres of usable length — the longest in the Challenger family — configures into true group-working layouts: typically a forward club-of-four, a central conference grouping for six around a real table, and an aft lounge section, all walkable on a flat floor at full stand-up height.

The width that carries fifty passengers in airline service relaxes around fourteen executive seats, leaving an aisle that exists with every seat occupied and storage everywhere airline engineering put it. A full galley supports proper catering for the whole group, the aft lavatory is genuinely full-size, and baggage capacity absorbs fourteen people's luggage — the detail that defeats most heavy jets the moment a team travels. Connectivity, displays and finish run to current executive standards across most charter examples. The 850 cabin's quiet superiority is structural: it never asks the group to subdivide. Everyone sits in one conversation, one meeting, one room — which is precisely why groups book it.

High-speed WiFi keeps you connected throughout your flight, allowing you to work or stay in touch. A full galley enables fresh catering service during your journey. A private lavatory ensures comfort on longer flights.

Why Choose the Challenger 850?

• Efficiency: Optimized fuel consumption at — liters per hour
• Reliability: Powered by proven jet engines
• Flexibility: Access to major airports worldwide
• Comfort: Pressurization altitude of 0 ft for a more comfortable cabin environment

Whether you're traveling for business or leisure, the Challenger 850 delivers an exceptional private aviation experience.