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Bombardier Challenger 300 series

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Twin turbofan business jet.

The aircraft has low mounted, supercritical wings with fixed leading edges and winglets, t-tail with an anahedral tailplane and twin podded turbofan engines to the rear of the fuselage.

The airframe is predominantly aluminium alloy including skin panels of the wings and fin. Non-structural fairings are steel alloy, stainless steel and titanium. Winglets and nose radomes are constructed from composites.

Two pilots on flight deck face Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) with 4 colour LCD displays plus Head-up Display (HUD) with Enhanced Vision System (EVS). The cabin, for 8 passengers, is the widest in its class .

Lift type
Fixed wing
Construction
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Turbofan
Application
Business

Fleet facts business use worldwide · as at August 2026

In business use
1,052 aircraft
Production years
2001-2026
Average age
11.2 years
Main base countries
U.S.A. (628), Canada (52), Malta (25), U.K. (19), Austria (15)

Figures cover the worldwide fleet in business use — airline and military examples are not included. Fleet data: Business Air News research.

Design & construction

Primary structure
Aluminium
Wing
Aluminium
Landing gear
Retractable tricycle
Ice protection
Bleed air
Pressurisation
Pressurised
Flight controls
Partial FBW
Autopilot
3-axis + autoland
Avionics architecture
Integrated glass suite
Environmental control
Engine-bleed air-cycle
Wing position
Low
Planform
Swept
Tail
Conventional
Certification
Part 25
Minimum crew
2
Winglets / sharklets Standard

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Bombardier Challenger 3001999 / 20012014Production: 56 (2019) Bombardier delivered 56 Challenger 350 aircraft in 2019, capturing a 44% share of the super-midsize segment and earning the model its sixth consecutive year as the world's most-delivered business jet in that category. This figure is confirmed by both [high]. Original variant of the business jet with Honeywell HTF7000 engine.
Bombardier Challenger 3502013 / 2013Production: 60 (2018) GAMA: Bombardier Challenger 350. Improved range variant of 300 with two Honeywell HTF7350 turbofan engines, updated avionics and larger windows
Bombardier Challenger 35002021 / Latest variant of 300 with sustainably designed interior, Nuage seats and reduced cabin altitude. Expected to enter service in 2022.

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