Announced November 20, 2009, Dassault Falcon has received Type Certificate for the Falcon 7X from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in India.
Falcon 2000 and 900 models are already certified in India and around 16 large cabin Falcons are in service in the country.
The first Falcon 7X in India will be delivered in January 2010 to Religare Voyages Limited, a charter company based in New Delhi. It is part of a multi-billion dollar integrated transnational promoter group straddling financial services, diagnostics, health & wellness, and IT services. Religare Voyages currently operates a Falcon 2000, together with smaller jets and turboprops.
A dozen of other large cabin Falcons, including several 7X aircraft, are currently on order for customers in India. The performances of the Falcons are especially valued in India, where short airfields, elevated runways, and high temperatures are common. Dassault has also established in the last few years a spares center in Mumbai, along with a customer service team based in Mumbai, a liaison office in Delhi, and service centers approved by Indian DGCA.
The Falcon 7X is the first and only business jet to incorporate a digital flight control system which provides greater operational safety and a smoother flight. The aircraft also comes standard with the award-winning EASy flight deck, designed to reduce pilot workload and improve pilot interaction through enhanced situational awareness in the cockpit.
The Falcon 7X was the first large cabin jet to be simultaneously certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on April 27, 2007. It is powered by three Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307A engines, which help to give the Falcon 7X a greater airport performance and increased peace of mind during long flights over water. The Falcon 7X also has 15-30 per cent greater fuel efficiency than other aircraft in the large cabin, long range class. With a range of 5,950 nautical miles (eight passengers, M.80 with NBAA IFR reserves), the aircraft can connect 95 per cent of the commonly used business aviation city pairs worldwide.