Bombardier Global Express
Heavy Jet - 13 passengers, 6,055 nm published range
About the Bombardier Global Express
The Bombardier Global Express is the original ultra-long-range Global, delivered from 1999 and the aircraft the entire Global family was built on. It offers a genuine three-zone, stand-up, 6 ft 3 in cabin with an enclosed lavatory and full galley, seating around 13 passengers, and the transoceanic legs that made the type a benchmark when it launched. Airframes now in charter service are 20 to 26 years old, so the cabin a client actually sees depends far more on whether that specific tail has been refurbished than on the model name.
Who charters it
A large-cabin transoceanic option that usually prices below a Global 6000 or a G550 for a similar cabin, which is its main appeal on a budget-sensitive heavy trip. Two things to handle before quoting. First, the range: this record carries no established 4-passenger figure, so quote range from the operator in writing for the specific tail rather than repeating a brochure number, and never substitute the Global 6000 or XRS figures, which belong to different aircraft. Second, the age: these airframes date from 1999 to the mid-2000s, so cabin condition, connectivity and avionics vary enormously between tails. A refurbished example with modern connectivity is an honest and strong offer, and the year of manufacture should be stated plainly rather than discovered later by the client.
Specifications
- Class
- Heavy
- Manufacturer
- Bombardier
- Published range
- 6,055 nm
- Range with four passengers
- 5,915 nm
- Reserve-adjusted (85% of four-passenger range)
- 5,027 nm
- Seats
- 13 typical, 19 max
- Service ceiling
- 51,000 ft
- Takeoff field
- 5,820 ft
- Cabin height
- 6'2"
- Cabin width
- 7'11"
- Cabin length
- 43'3"
- Indicative rate
- Est. $9,000 - $13,000/hr
- Production
- Out of production
Specifications current as of 2026-09-28. Published range assumes still air, an optimum profile, and a light payload. Rates are indicative and vary with routing, availability, and operator.
Worth knowing
- The airframe the entire Bombardier Global family descends from
- Three-zone stand-up cabin with an enclosed lavatory and full galley
- 51,000 ft certified ceiling
- Transoceanic capability at a materially lower acquisition and charter cost than current-production heavies
- Widely available in charter: 217 BD-700 airframes sit across 40 operators on the FAA Part 135 list, though that count covers the Express, XRS and Global 6000 together, since the designator does not separate them
Colorado mountain airports: capable
Clears Aspen's two codified gates comfortably: 94 ft wingspan against the 95 ft tip-to-tip limit, and a 78,600 lb maximum landing weight against ASE's 100,000 lb cap. Aspen does NOT require steep-approach approval; wingspan and weight are the whole published limitation, so do not treat a steep-approach certificate as a gate here. The binding constraint is hot-and-high performance, and the sea-level figure is the wrong one to look at: JetAv puts the original Global Express at 5,820 ft of takeoff distance at sea level ISA but 7,880 ft at 5,000 ft and 25C. Aspen sits at 7,838 ft on an 8,006 ft runway, which is materially harder than that 5,000 ft case, so a warm-day departure near max weight is not realistic and every ASE trip needs an operator performance run with real weights. Also Part 135 special-airport crew qualification. Routine at EGE. Telluride is not realistic for a jet of this size and weight.
Planning guidance only. The operator, the AFM performance data, and conditions on the day are the final authority.
Is the Bombardier Global Express right for your trip?
See how far it reaches from your departure airport, or send us the trip and we will price it against the alternatives.