First Ultra Long Range Falcon 8X set for delivery by End of 2016

Dassault Aviation presents its fleet of Falcon large cabin, long range business jets at India Aviation, India’s biggest civilian aviation exhibition. The fifth edition of this prestigious event, which opens opened on March 16th, at Hyderabad Begumpet Airport, features Dassault’s popular 4,000 nm/7,410 km range Falcon 2000LXS widebody twinjet. Dassault is the Indian market leader for large cabin, long range aircraft, with 22 aircraft currently in service and several more on order. Dassault’s popular Falcon 2000 twinjet – now approaching the 600th production mark – accounts for the largest portion of the present Indian fleet. The majority of new Indian Falcon orders, however, are for longer range models like the Falcon 7X and the new ultra long range Falcon 8X that can fly non-stop from anywhere in India to destinations such as London City Airport that are typically off limits to big business jets. The 6,450 nm/11,945 km Falcon 8X, which will feature one of the quietest and most comfortable cabin in business aviation, is due to be delivered to its first Indian operator by the end of 2016. The 8X will offer all the advanced technological features of the popular Falcon 7X, from which it is derived, including the industry’s leading digital flight control suite. It will also be certified with the advanced FalconEye Combined Vision System. Set to be certified in mid-2016, the new trijet will offer the longest range of any Falcon along with the most extensive selection of cabin configurations available on any large cabin business jet. The three 8X’s in the flight test program have nearly completed all certification test requirements, having accumulated over 550 flight hours to date.