French planemaker Dassault Aviation has been producing private aircraft since 1963 when it launched its first business plane — the Mystère 20.
In an effort to better compete in the American market, the jet was eventually rebranded as the Falcon 20, officially launching one of the world's most successful family of business aircraft.
Over 60 years, Dassault has built and delivered over 2,700 Falcon jets, including for some of the world's most influential people like Elon Musk. And the planemaker just added another model to its growing fleet of certified business jets.
The Falcon 6X is Dassault's newest — and now biggest — business aircraft in production after entering service on November 30 with an unnamed customer, the company announced on Monday.
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The plane, which was actually announced after a failed attempt to produce a Falcon 5X model, joins Dassault's 8X, 900LX, and 2000LXS models already in service. The upcoming 10X variant is still awaiting certification.
Described by Dassault as the "world's first extra widebody business jet," the 6X had been in development for five years before finally getting the final stamp of approval from both US and EU regulators on August 22, followed by "post-certification upgrades that were applied" and needed regulatory approval.
Dassault showed off its fully-built experimental Falcon 6X jet at the Paris Airshow in June. Take a look inside the $53 million plane.
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