Dassault move on from Falcon 5X

Due to the many reschedule delivery dates from engine manufacturer Safran Engines, Dassaut Aviation decided to stop Falcon 5X Program to launch a new one that takes Falcon 5X structure but, which will be powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada.

The end of Falcon 5X

The business jet that was initially planned to be delivered at the end of 2013 had to firstly reschedule this date to 2015/2016 due to technical issues friom french engine manufacturer delayed timeline. Then, in 2016, more serious problems lead Safran to delay his Sivercrest delivery to end of 2017. Finally, in fall 2017, high pressure compressor problem leads Safran to delay his engine delivery to 2020.

Dassault couldn't wait this long and had no trust anymore in Silvercrest so they chose to change his engine manufacturer to Pratt& Whitney Canada. In fact, Falcon 5X registered since 2016, fifteen cancelations which represent 37% of total sales of business jet for Dassault Aviation.

2017 Still a good year for Dassault

Challenge will be for French plane manufacturer to retain customers that initially signed for Falcon 5X and also to try to resign the ones that cancelled their order because of Silvercrest delivery issues. But, apart from this event, 2017 has been a prosperous year for Dassault Aviation has seen his number of orders increase compared to 2016 with a growth of +24% and 41 orders in total.

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