Falcon 8X Global Test Campaign – exhausting, exhaustive, exhilirating.

26 days, 55,000 nautical miles, 60 flights, 46 cities, 26 pilots, 1 8X.

At circa US$58m, the Falcon 8X is a metre longer than its 7X sibling and with some aerodynamic and fuel tweaks, gets an additional 10% range to 6,450NM or 11,945KM. This equates non-stop from London to Cape Town or Paris to Los Angeles with a full payload. Nice.

Whilst the 8X doesn’t have the ultra long range of the Global 7500 or the G650ER, the three engines and classy cabin interior of the 8X are more than a match for the competition. Oh and about US$13m less than the Bombardier Global 7500.

Worth the extra few bob? 8X Owners will argue they’re getting a relative bargain, they remain fiercely loyal and Dassault will expect strong sales.

www.dassaultfalcon.com/en/aircraft/models/8x