8
Passengers
798 km/h
Maximum speed
173 cm
Cabin height
Cold catering and drinks
Catering
Yes
Cabin attendant
Yes
Lavatory
Up to 8 bags
Baggage
Light Jet
Category
Where the XLS+ is the newer aircraft, the XLS is the one that goes further: 1,796 nm against 1,720. On a category where most aircraft sit between 1,500 and 2,000 nm that margin decides real sectors, and it is the single reason to prefer this variant over the one that replaced it. Everything else is held in common — a 222 in cabin at 66 in wide and 68.1 in high, eight seats, 90 cu ft across eight bags, a 3,560 ft takeoff and a cabin attendant aboard.
The 68.1 in of height is the figure charterers notice, and it is the tallest in this class, matched only by the XLS+. Combined with 66 in of width it gives a cross-section that no CJ or Learjet here approaches, and it is why the XLS pair get requested when eight passengers are travelling together rather than commuting. Top speed is 431 kt, the slower of the two. Production has ended. The choice between the XLS and the XLS+ is narrow and specific: this one for the extra 76 nm, the other for the newer airframe and the extra pace.
The further-reaching XLS
1,796 nm
76 nm further than the XLS+, on the same cabin and the same runway figure.
A 66 in by 68.1 in cross-section
Wider and taller than any CJ or Learjet in this category.
Eight seats with an attendant
A service standard the rest of the class does not carry.