Charter & Fractional
In search of a light jet, Unijet breaks tradition
French charter operator Unijet will further expand its Paris Le Bourget-based fleet next year when it takes delivery of a pair of Cessna Citation CJ2s.

French charter operator Unijet will further expand its Paris Le Bourget-based fleet next year when it takes delivery of a pair of Cessna Citation CJ2s. Having been exclusively a Dassault Falcon operator throughout its 35-year history, Unijet turned to the U.S. manufacturer after failing to persuade Dassault to offer a new light business jet.

“Dassault now has no entry-level aircraft,” Unijet CEO Dannys Famin told AIN. “I tried for at least three years to promote the idea of a refurbishment of the Falcon 10, but for this we would need Falcon 20 avionics, and Dassault just wasn’t interested. This is sad because I had always been proud to be a single-product operator.” (Dassault recently reopened the question of a smaller jet. See AIN, October, page 10.)