Bombardier Challenger 650 empty legs

A heavy jet with a heavy jet's cabin, doing work that looks more like a shuttle: Montreal to Toronto, Toronto to Montreal, and Teterboro out to Bermuda.

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Short notice for a big aeroplane

Heavy jets on this board tend to be published with a week or two in hand. The 650 is the exception: its legs typically appear only a few days before departure, and they do not stay long. The Montreal to Toronto and return pairing is the one to watch if you move between the two cities; Teterboro to Bermuda is the other regular, and a rare chance at a transatlantic capable cabin for a ninety minute island hop.

What you are getting

The 650 is the last and most refined of the Challenger 600 line that began in the late 1970s: the widest cabin in its class at nearly eight feet, a full galley, and 4,000 nm of range, which is New York to London with margin. Twelve seats is both the certified figure and what operators list, which is unusual; on most types the two disagree.

Published prices are rare on this aircraft, as on nearly every heavy jet we record. Where a figure does appear the record block above will show it; otherwise the enquiry is how you find out.

Specification: Challenger 650, GlobalAir. In service since 2015. The seat count on any individual flight is the operator's.

Bombardier Challenger 650: specification and background

The 650, in service since 2015, is the latest and probably last version of the Challenger 600 line that began in 1978: more thrust from the same CF34-3B engines, a Pro Line 21 Advanced cockpit, a further cabin redesign and 4,000 nm of range. It is a mature design flown by operators who value the width of its cabin over the range of newer types, and on this board it does shuttle work a much smaller aircraft could do.

Manufacturer	Bombardier
Engines	2 × General Electric CF34-3B
Passengers	12 maximum
Cabin	25 ft 7 in long, 7 ft 11 in wide, 6 ft high
Baggage	112 cu ft
Range	4,000 nm maximum, 3,756 nm on the normal profile
Maximum cruise	488 knots
Ceiling	41,000 ft
Take-off distance	5,640 ft
Landing distance	2,402 ft
Maximum take-off weight	48,200 lb
History	in service 2015

Source: GlobalAir.

Empty legs across Canada