There’s no better way to appreciate a transatlantic trip on a luxurious, $80 million business jet by Bombardier than just getting off an economy-class flight from hell. Every frequent flier has been there: the seat that doesn’t tilt back, the screaming kids, the sprint between terminals for the connecting flight, and relief at baggage claim that your luggage actually made it. By contrast, try stepping aboard Bombardier’s flagship Global 7500, with flight attendant Lanis Thate-Hembree greeting you by name and a glass of Champagne, ushering you to a highly engineered lounge chair that puts the most expensive La-Z-Boy to shame. And that’s just the start of a 10-hour flight from ACI Jet’s modern FBO at the airport in San Luis Obispo, California, to London, U.K.—the flipside of two unpleasant United flights and a mad dash through the Denver airport a day before. The occasion was Bombardier’s attempt to set the 100th city-pair..
