Super-midsize is where the fleet stops being about Europe. Six hours puts Dubai within reach from London in favourable winds, and comfortably covers Nice to Bodrum, London to Cape Verde, Geneva to Dakar and Lagos to Johannesburg. The cabin is wide enough for club-four seating plus a three-place divan, so ten passengers travel without anyone drawing the short straw.
The current generation — Challenger 350, Praetor 600, Citation Longitude — also flies noticeably quieter and higher than the class it replaced, which matters more than the spec sheet suggests on a five-hour leg. Full galleys, enclosed aft lavatories and cabin altitude in the 5,000-foot range mean you arrive without the flatness a long flight normally leaves behind.
One caveat we always state plainly: London–Dubai on this class is a headwind-dependent leg. Westbound in winter it is routine; eastbound against a strong jet stream with a full cabin it can require a technical stop. If the schedule cannot absorb that, we quote heavy metal instead.
Representative aircraft
- Bombardier Challenger 350 — 10 seats · 3,200 nm · flat floor throughout
- Embraer Praetor 600 — 12 seats · 4,018 nm · lowest cabin altitude in class
- Cessna Citation Longitude — 12 seats · 3,500 nm · stand-up 6ft cabin
What it suits
- London or Geneva to the Gulf
- West Africa — Dakar, Accra, Abidjan
- Transatlantic with one stop
- Eight to ten passengers on a five-hour leg
Routes we fly on this class: London → Dubai · London → Mykonos.