Delivery rise boosts Dassault Aviation
Financial results for the first half of 2010 appeared to suggest that Dassault Aviation has begun to reverse the severe downward trend its Falcon business
Falcon 900LX
Falcon 900LX

Financial results for the first half of 2010 appeared to suggest that Dassault Aviation has begun to reverse the severe downward trend its Falcon business jet operations have endured over the past 24 months or so. Nonetheless, announcing a welcome deceleration in aircraft order cancellations on July 29, the French group's management indicated that the apparent strengthening in the market is not yet enough to constitute a full-blown, sustainable recovery for the troubled business aviation sector.

In any case, this year could yet prove to be a momentous one for the French airframer as it prepares to begin the next phase of its long-planned new-generation SMS super-midsize jet development. Already this year it has achieved both U.S. and European certification for its new Falcon 900LX and has also had its 7X approved in the key emerging market of China.