The Falcon 6X is a large long-range business jet by French manufacturer Dassault Aviation . It was introduced on the 30th of November 2023 and its first flight took place in March 2021. It was developed from the Falcon 5X twin jet but is a stretched version with different turbofan engines.
It entered service in November 2023. What makes the Falcon 6X so popular? A little background The Falcon 5X ended development in December 2017, due to issues with the Safran Silvercrest engines and the project was abandoned. The engines failed to meet performance objectives.
Later, Pratt and Whitney Canada engines were used, which were already in use in the Gulfstream 500 and 600. Dassault hoped to compete with the Bombardier Global 7500 and the Gulfstream 650ER and wanted to launch a larger variant of the Falcon 5X with a longer range. Did you know we also have an aviation YouTube channel here? By March 2022, the aircraft had completed cold weather testing and the test fleet had accumulated 650 flight hours and 220 missions.
In May 2022, the three test aircraft had logged a total of 850 hours. The entry into service of the Falcon 6X was delayed until mid-2023 due to supply chain issues caused by the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In 2023, the Falcon 6X equipped's price was $53.
8 million. It received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification in August 2023. It is the "first ultra-widebody purpose-built business jet in.
