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Cathy Buyck

MHS Aviation signed a contract with France’s Dassault Aviation for a new Falcon 2000LXS, joining two 2000LX aircraft already available for charter by the German management company, which operates 15 aircraft from different OEMs and with different capabilities. Plans call for delivery in the second half of 2025.
During the signing ceremony on Wednesday at Le Bourget, MHS Aviation Group CEO Steffen Fries&nbsp;described the Falcon 2000 as “second to none” owing to its high passenger comfort, performance, and reliability—an imperative, he said, because its 2000-series aircraft fly on average 900 hours each per year, a high utilization rate for a business jet. “The flight hours per landing ratio is 4.1, and the longest flight we operated with the 2000LX was 9.5 hours,” he said.
“We are keeping the 2000LSs we have,” Fries&nbsp;said, adding that the company had declined requests by Dassault Aviation to buy the aircraft back. Moreover, he said, MHS Aviation could soon&nbsp;add another Falcon.
MHS Aviation co-founder and co-owner Gerd Brandecker told AIN the company is in discussions with a customer to place a Falcon in Nigeria.&nbsp;It would be MHS Aviation’s second business jet based in Lagos.
A new Dassault Falcon 2000LXS&nbsp;costs&nbsp;around $35 million.

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