Weak market hits Falcon sales
The pace of orders and deliveries for Dassault Falcons slowed significantly during the first half of this year, company officials said at a press conferenc
The pace of orders and deliveries for Dassault Falcons slowed significantly during the first half of this year, company officials said at a press conference on October 1 at Dassault’s Saint-Cloud headquarters near Paris.
During the first half of this year Falcon orders reached a mere €670 million ($770 million), about one-third of the €1.93 billion ($2.22 billion) logged in just the first quarter of last year. These sales figures represent 16 and 57 aircraft, respectively.
The order intake from January 1 to October 1 this year was as low as 22 aircraft.
Dassault officials expect to finish this year with orders for more than 40 Falcon business jets, a far cry from the 72 ordered last year. The backlog remains close to 140 civil aircraft.
