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Dassault Offers Falcons for France's Covid-19 Fight

In support of the French government’s efforts to stem the Covid-19 outbreak, Dassault has provided two of its business jets for its use.

Dassault has made a Falcon 8x and a Falcon 900 available to the French government to support its efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

April 8, 2020

In support of the French government’s efforts to stem the Covid-19 outbreak, Dassault has provided two of its business jets to the French Defense Ministry to supply logistics and medical support for civilian coronavirus control activities. The aircraft—a Falcon 8X and Falcon 900—carry 15 and 13 passengers respectively, and are operated by Dassault Falcon Service (DFS), the manufacturer’s maintenance and flight operations support subsidiary based at Le Bourget Airport. DFS also provides the flight crews.

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