Dassault Falcon Jet describes its new 5,700-nm, $35+ million Falcon 7X three-engine business jet as providing 30 percent more range and 20 percent more cabin space at a 10 percent higher price than the 900EX. This positions the new airplane in the range and price market between its own 900EX, the Gulfstream IV-SP and the newly announced Global 5000 on one side and the GV and Global Express on the other. Is Dassault concerned that the 7X could eventually dent or even destroy the market for the 900EX? The company cavalierly responded, “Our best competition is ourselves.”
As reported last month in AIN (page 26), the Falcon 7X is the first of what Dassault said is a “new generation” family of business jets that will include both smaller and larger versions, twins as well as trijets. The company said the 7X will “fly faster, farther and higher” than any previous or current Falcon. The number seven was selected because it’s a lucky number “and allows plenty of room to scale up and down for future derivatives.” The “X” was tagged on to add an air of mystery and to “telegraph the advanced nature of the airplane,” explained Dassault.
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