First Customer Dassault Falcon 6X Arrives in Little Rock

The first customer Falcon 6X S/N 5 completed an 11-hour, 16-minute ferry flight from France to Little Rock where it will receive a full production interior

On January 28, Dassault Falcon 6X S/N 5 was greeted with a water cannon salute at the French airframer's Little Rock, Arkansas, completions center for the type's first production interior. (Photo: Dassault Falcon Jet)

By Jerry Siebenmark • Senior Editor

January 28, 2022

Dassault Aviation’s newest and widest-cabin business jet is closing in on its entry-into-service date as the French airframer delivered its first customer Falcon 6X to get a full production interior at its 1.25-million-sq-ft completion facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. While Dassault has not disclosed the 6X launch customer, the green twinjet, S/N 5 and registered as F-WZOC, lifted off January 28 from France’s Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport at 9:09 a.m. Central European Time on an 11-hour, 16-minute flight and arrived in Little Rock at 1:25 p.m. local time (view FlightAware track).

“The arrival of the first Falcon 6X at Little Rock marks a very positive milestone in this program,” said Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Eric Trappier. “Our teams have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to prepare for 6X completion and we are benefiting from very good momentum as we move towards certification.”

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