Three engines, a notably quiet cabin and short-field manners no other aircraft with this reach can match. It will leave the Royal Docks and cross an ocean.
At a glance
Manufacturer figures for the type. Every quote names the actual aeroplane, its cabin layout and its operator, because individual aircraft differ.
Why it matters
Dassault's long-range jets are built around a different idea from the Gulfstreams and the Globals. The 8X has three engines rather than two, a wing designed for slow, controlled approaches, and an airframe that is lighter for the range it carries. What you notice as a passenger is the quiet. What you notice as the person planning the trip is where it can land.
The clearest illustration is London City. That runway demands a 5.5 degree approach and a specific approval for both the aircraft type and the operator, and the 8X holds it: it was approved in May 2017, completing the set for Dassault's in-production aircraft. There is no other jet of this range that will take you out of the Royal Docks. Dassault publishes non-stop sectors from London City as far as Chicago and Mumbai, which is a manufacturer's claim about a light aeroplane on a good day rather than a promise about your trip, but the principle holds: you can leave five miles from the City and still cross an ocean.
Falcons are arranged with licensed commercial operators, and they are reasonably well represented in European charter fleets, which is not true of every aircraft in this class. On many dates the practical choice is between an 8X that is already in Europe and a Gulfstream that has to be flown in to reach you.
Reach from London
| Destination | Roughly | Realistic non-stop? |
|---|---|---|
| New York | About 3,000 nm | Yes, in both directions and in any season |
| Dubai | About 2,950 nm | Yes, easily |
| Mumbai | About 3,750 nm | Yes, with good margin |
| Los Angeles | About 4,750 nm | Yes, with the day's wind and load checked |
| Hong Kong | About 5,200 nm | Yes |
| Singapore | About 5,900 nm | Yes on paper, and worth planning carefully rather than assuming |
| Sydney | About 9,200 nm | No. One stop, usually in Asia or the Gulf |
Great circle distances, rounded, for planning only. Published range assumes eight passengers and still air; a full cabin or a winter headwind takes a real bite out of it.
Range on the map
The ring is the published range drawn as a true circle on the globe, which is why it bends on a flat map. Change the departure to see the reach from anywhere.
Dassault Falcon 8X from Farnborough Airport (FAB). The solid ring is the published range, 6,450 nautical miles; the dashed ring is 85% of it, 5,482 nautical miles, the still-air planning figure we use to leave a sensible reserve. Winds, payload and reserves reduce real range, so every trip is checked on the day.
Said honestly
The alternatives
On a long sector you will usually see at least one of these beside it, and the right answer often comes down to which is already in Europe.
When to insist on it
There are trips where nothing else in the class will do the job, and they are usually about the airport rather than the distance.
Where it flies from and to
Request a quote
On this aircraft the airports matter as much as the distance, so send both ends of the trip, the date, the passenger count and what luggage is coming. We will tell you whether an 8X can do it from the airport you actually want, and what else is worth quoting alongside it. The car meets the aircraft at both ends.
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Questions people ask
We arrange the charter with a licensed commercial operator and name the aircraft, its cabin layout and its operator before you commit. Our own cars and chauffeurs cover London and Manchester, with a trusted global network everywhere else, so the car is at the steps at both ends.
The aircraft holds the London City approval and Dassault publishes transatlantic sectors from that runway. Whether your trip works on your date, with your passengers and your luggage, is a calculation the operator does properly rather than a yes or no. We ask them before we quote it.
The 8X is the longer development of the 7X: a longer cabin and more range, about 6,450 nautical miles against roughly 5,950 on the earlier aircraft. Both have three engines and both are approved for London City. On many enquiries a 7X is the sensible saving.
Dassault's cabins have a strong reputation for it and passengers who fly both types tend to agree. It is not something we would try to prove on a specification sheet, and the difference is smaller than the difference between a well kept aircraft and a tired one.
The rear cabin makes up for sleeping and the divans convert, so a party of twelve can rest properly on a night sector with several people flat. It is not a thirteen-bed aeroplane like a G700, and it is worth telling us how many genuinely need to sleep.
It depends on the route, the date and where a suitable aircraft is. See what private jet charter costs, then send us the trip and we will come back with a real figure rather than a band.
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