Charter & Fractional
Bond To Shake, Not Stir, Fractional Market with $1.7B Bombardier Order
Company to start operations with fleet of Challenger 3500s and Global 6500s
Cirque du Soleil performers at Bombardier event NBAA-BACE 2025
Cirque du Soleil performers at the Bombardier event, NBAA-BACE 2025. © Barry Ambrose/AIN

U.S. start-up company Bond revealed plans on Tuesday to launch a fractional ownership operation with a fleet of Bombardier Challenger 3500s and Global 6500s under a previously announced $1.7 billion, 50-aircraft order. Including options for up to 70 more—potentially also including Global 8000s—that could push the total value to $4 billion. The order was originally disclosed in June, but Bombardier did not reveal the customer at that time. Bond plans to start service in 2027.

The deal includes a service agreement under which Bombardier’s U.S. service network will support the aircraft and provide onsite maintenance resources dedicated to the Bond fleet. “This agreement goes beyond an aircraft order. It marks a first-of-a-kind, uniquely integrated services collaboration,” said Bombardier president and CEO Éric Martel.

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