Falcon Deliveries to Exceed
200 in 1999-2001
Dassault ongoing expansion plans will see
delivery of more than 200 Falcon business jets between 1999 and
2001, the company says.
"This is a very large number of deliveries for a top-end
supplier of business jets, but we've been pushing toward this
goal over the past few years," said John Rosanvallon, president
of New Jersey-based Dassault Falcon Jet Corp.
Scheduled deliveries comprise 40% Falcon 2000s, 40% Falcon 900C/EXs
and 20% Falcon 50EXs.
Dassault has undertaken a major expansion of its Little Rock completion
center, which will handle 60 Falcons in 2000. In terms of employment
Little Rock is now Dassault's largest industrial facility worldwide
with a workforce of 1,700. It also remains the primary completions
site for new Falcon jets worldwide, though overflow capacity is
maintained at Dassault Falcon Service at Paris-Le Bourget, and
at Basel's Jet Aviation.
By Robert Hewson
NBAA 1999, Atlanta, Ga.