Bombardier Challenger 650 vs Bombardier Global 5500 vs Bombardier Global 6500 vs Dassault Falcon 7x

The Bombardier Challenger 650 is best categorized as a large-cabin business jet, typically seating about 8–12 passengers, and offering transcontinental range of roughly 4,000 nautical miles, making it well suited to North America and many Atlantic missions with payload tradeoffs. The Bombardier Global 5500 steps into the ultra-long-range category, generally configured for about 10–16 passengers, with around 5,900 nautical miles of range, enabling nonstop city pairs such as West Coast U.S. to much of Europe. The Bombardier Global 6500 is also ultra-long-range but larger and longer-legged, commonly carrying about 10–17 passengers and flying about 6,600 nautical miles, pushing deeper into intercontinental nonstop capability and typically providing more cabin zones than the 5500. The Dassault Falcon 7X is an ultra-long-range tri-jet, usually arranged for about 10–16 passengers, with roughly 5,950 nautical miles of range; it competes most directly with the Global 5500 on range while offering strong short-field and airport-performance flexibility.