Dassault Falcon revenues jump 39% in first half of 2024news Fayaz Hussain 16 Aug 24 0French aerospace manufacturer Dassault Aviation announced financial results for the first half of 2024 reporting revenue growth of 39% year-over-year to €980m compared to €827m… Read more
Dassault delivers 26 Falcon aircraft in 2023news Fayaz Hussain 15 Jan 24 0Dassault Aviation said it delivered 26 Falcon aircraft in 2023 – its lowest in 17 years – against the guidance of 35 at the start… Read more
Dassault’s Falcon 6X enters servicenews Mike Stones 4 Dec 23 0Dassault Aviation has confirmed its long-awaited Falcon 6X entered service on November 30th. The aircraft won type certification from both EASA and FAA on August… Read more
Falcon 6X collects its paperworkopinion Alasdair Whyte 1 Sep 23 0It used to be said that an aircraft was only ready to be certificated to fly when the paperwork equalled the weight of the aircraft.… Read more
Dassault Falcon 6X wins FAA and EASA certificationnews Mike Stones 23 Aug 23 0Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 6X has won type certification on both sides of the Atlantic from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the FAA. Certification… Read more
Demanding supplyopinion Mike Stones 12 Jun 23 0It is easy to focus on demand more than supply. Salespeople at aircraft manufacturers get to drink champagne with clients while their colleagues back at… Read more
OEM supply chain disruptions: Taking the temperaturenews Mike Stones 7 Jun 23 0Eagle-eyed visitors arriving at Geneva Airport enroute to EBACE 2023, may have noticed posters warning against disruptive and abusive behaviour. These were meant as a… Read more
Bashing banks and business jetsopinion Mike Stones 20 Mar 23 0Dassault Aviation business jet results last week were upbeat. Orders up 25%, backlog up to 87 aircraft worth €4.7bn – up from €3.1bn in 2021. But… Read more
Dassault Aviation fights back against ‘private jet bashing’news CJI Expert 14 Mar 23 0Dassault Aviation has defended the private jet industry against “aviation bashing” in its recent presentation to investors. Read more
NBAA-BACE: What Walt knew about recessionsopinion Mike Stones 25 Oct 22 0Corporate Jet Investor builds a snapshot of whether global recession is inevitable and, if so, what might be the impact on business aviation. Read more
Dassault Falcon deliveries up year-on-yearnews Mike Stones 20 Oct 22 0Dassault Aviation reported 41 net Falcon jet orders in the first half of this year, compared with 25 in the same period of last year,… Read more
Dassault: ‘Covid transformed business jets’ reputation’news Mike Stones 22 May 22 0EBACE Reports The global pandemic has transformed the reputation of business jets, according to Dassault Aviation. “Some time ago, some people thought it was taboo… Read more
Dassault unveils innovative privacy conceptnews Alasdair Whyte 22 May 22 0* Dassault has announced a new privacy concept – similar to first class product on airlines. * Suite will initially be offered on the new… Read more
Dassault Falcon 6X delayed by Covid, Falcon 10X in production and launches Falcon Privacynews Alasdair Whyte 22 May 22 0* Dassault sold 51 Falcons in 2021 compared to 15 in 2020. * Covid and Ukraine crisis hitting supply chain. * Falcon 6X first deliveries… Read more
UK MoD selects Dassault Falcon 900LX for VIP transportnews Yves Le Marquand 15 Mar 22 0The UK’s Ministry of Defence has chosen two Dassault Falcon 900LX jets to provide VIP transport for senior officials and, occasionally, members of the Royal… Read more
NBAA: Dassault unveiling 10X cabin mockup at BACEnews Alasdair Whyte 12 Oct 21 0Dassault Aviation is displaying a full-scale cabin mockup of the new Falcon 10X at NBAA-BACE this week in Las Vegas. After the show, the mockup… Read more
Dassault orders up, but deliveries downnews Yves Le Marquand 26 Jul 21 0Orders are up but deliveries are down at Dassault in the first half of 2021. The French OEM delivered six Falcon jets during the first… Read more
Dassault unveils Falcon 10X to target ultra-long-range marketnews Mike Stones 6 May 21 0Dassault Aviation has unveiled its new Falcon 10X, with a 7,500-nm range and a cabin cross section larger than some regional jets, to target the… Read more
Dassault: Second Falcon 6X takes flightnews Yves Le Marquand 5 May 21 0The second Falcon 6X flight test aircraft has completed its maiden flight, completing an “important” milestone in the development programme for the new widebody, long-range… Read more
Dassault’s Falcon 6X completes first flightnews CJI Expert 11 Mar 21 0Dassault’s Falcon 6X has successfully completed its first flight opening the test campaign for certification. Two test pilots took off from Dassault Aviation’s Mérignac plant… Read more