Dassault just found another customer for its Falcon 7X in the US. Planet Nine (P9) a brand new boutique US-Based ultra long-haul charter specialist which secured its FAA Part 135 operating certificate on Friday, June 22 is making its first Dassault Falcon 7X available for Charter. P9 has as objective to be first charter operator of Falcon 7X by the end of 2018.
P9's first Falcon, a N19NE is now functional for charter missions and the two that will follow will be delivered in August and September. The last Falcon 7X that P9 ordered will be delivered in December.
The 3 aircraft are secondhand. The first one, N19NE, has been manufactured in 2009 and reconditioned in 2016. It is configured with eleven seats that can be moved to four bed for night flights. Both N119NE and N919NE were manufactured in 2009 and reconditioned in 2018. All of these aircraft own connectivity system Gogo for domestic flight inside the US and have for international flight the SwiftBroadhand services performed by Inmarsat.
All aircraft have been submitted to a large and deep revision (Check C) and supervised by Joe Ponce. American subsidiary of Dassault: Dassault Falcon supervised and helped Planet Nine during the entire process.
“We congratulate Planet Nine on securing its operating licence. We have been supporting their team closely over the six months since the company’s formation and are thrilled that their mainstay aircraft choice is the Falcon 7X. The aircraft will deliver an extremely comfortable ride for Planet Nine’s passengers with its quiet 50dBA cabin. The aircraft is economical as well, with fuel consumption from its Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307 engines up to 30% lower than many other comparable jets. Of course, Planet Nine will also have 24/7 access to the Dassault Falcon’s highly ranked worldwide customer support organization and MRO operations.” said Dassault FalconJet CEO Jean Rosanvallon
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