![]() ![]() And the Challenger will fly 4,000 nm at Mach 0.80 but tops out at Mach 0.85 and 41,000 ft. So how does the Challenger 650 compare? The aircraft still has the widest cabin in its class, at 95 in., although at 26.2 ft. The Falcon 2000XLS has a 90-in.-wide, 26.2-ft.-long cabin and flies 4,000 nm at Mach 0.80 and 47,000 ft., all for around $34 million. The “only” differences are cabin length, range and price. altitude capability as the long-range G500/G600, with the same cabin cross-section and altitude, and the same touch-screen, active-sidestick flight deck. That changes with the introduction of the G400, which offers the same Mach 0.90 speed and 51,000 ft. But deemphasized while manufacturers pursued the long-range, heavy-metal business jet market, perhaps. Unveiling the new G400 ahead of NBAA-BACE, Gulfstream President Mark Burns noted that "the large-cabin, entry-level point has long been kind of abandoned by most of the marketplace.” Abandoned, no. But the market is changing.įor most of its life, the Challenger has had only one real competitor, Dassault’s Falcon 2000, which has followed a similar path of offering an attractive mix of cabin, performance and price through several refreshes since it was introduced in 1994. Volumes could be written about the ups and downs of Bombardier’s journey through the aviation business, but there is one straight line that runs through the story: the Challenger large-cabin business jet.įrom the Challenger 601 that came on board when Bombardier acquired near-bankrupt Canadair in 1986, to today’s Challenger 650, the aircraft has been a steady seller, with its wide fuselage, solid performance and reliability, and reasonable costs. ![]()
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