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Bombardier Challenger 350 indicative pricing, capability and spec for private jet London to Ibiza charter, sourced from audited AOC operators by our partner brokers.
The Challenger 350 is the super-midsize benchmark and the cabin clients usually settle on once they have travelled as a group of eight or nine more than once. The aircraft is wider than any midsize, has the operational margin to fly into IBZ in peak August without ever worrying about fuel reserves, and carries the kind of build quality and brand familiarity that a certain audience prefers without needing to articulate why. On the LON to IBZ sector its performance is barely tested. Where it earns its place is on the continuation: a Friday flight to Ibiza followed by a hop to Mykonos on Sunday, or a long weekend that ends in Sardinia. For nine passengers travelling together, no other aircraft on the panel matches the comfort-to-cost ratio.
Choose the Challenger 350 over the Praetor 500 when you regularly travel as eight or nine passengers and want the wider super-midsize cabin and the operational headroom that comes with it. Step up to the Global 6000 when range, cabin zoning, or a sleeping cabin matter for the trip.
Nine-passenger double-club plus three-place divan configuration is standard, with a forward galley, fully enclosed aft lavatory and 106 cubic feet of in-flight accessible baggage. The cabin width is the meaningful difference: at 7 feet 2 inches across, the seats are wider than midsize equivalents and a passenger can sleep flat across the divan on the return leg. Catering is full hot service from the galley and the partner-broker desk will arrange named London restaurant pickups on request.
Farnborough is the default and handles the Challenger 350 comfortably across the full weight range. Biggin Hill is also entirely capable. Luton is preferred when a heavier continuation leg or out-of-hours departure is planned, given the longer runway and 24/7 operations. The aircraft parks airside at IBZ with no special handling requirement.
Passengers
9
Range
3,200 nm
Baggage
106 cu ft
Cabin Height
6'1"
Lavatory
Wi-Fi
Indicative pricing for an off-peak shoulder-season charter on the Bombardier Challenger 350, departing London for Ibiza next week. Final pricing is confirmed by the partner broker against live availability.
One-way · LON → IBZ
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Typical range — depending on FBO, slot and operator.
Round trip · 3-day weekend
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Typical range —, aircraft on the ground in Ibiza.
Excludes VAT, de-icing, out-of-hours FBO fees and bespoke catering. Empty-leg pricing on this airframe typically starts from £14,500.


Routed to audited partner brokers. No obligation.
How the Bombardier Challenger 350 sits against the closest cabin classes most commonly compared on the corridor.
One tier down
Drop to the Praetor 500 if your typical party is five or six passengers and you want to recover a meaningful step on indicative pricing, accepting a narrower cabin in return.
One tier up
Step up to the Global 6000 for a true three-zone cabin, a sleeping berth, intercontinental range and the option to operate from London non-stop to anywhere in the world after the Ibiza segment.

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