Dassault logs record deliveries in ’09
Dassault Aviation last month reported its 2009 sales and delivery totals, and the numbers were mixed.

Dassault Aviation last month reported its 2009 sales and delivery totals, and the numbers were mixed. The company ended the year with a net tally of minus 163 Falcon orders but a record 77 deliveries. The company has no plans for job cuts in France, although it has slashed the U.S. workforce by 20 percent since the beginning of the downturn.

At a press conference in Paris last month, chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne said that the negative net total of orders includes, among others,
NetJets’ cancellation of orders for 65 aircraft. The fractional operator is scheduled to have Falcons delivered through 2014 but has canceled all Falcon deliveries beyond that year. “They will be re-ordered. NetJets’ CEO told me he still wants to buy more Falcon 2000 series and Falcon 7Xs,” Edelstenne stated.

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