Jetgala - FALL-WINTER 2022

35 D A S S A U L T A V I A T I O N by Li Haohan CABIN COMFORT REDEFINED With the new Falcon 10X, Dassault goes for cabin enhancements in a big way C ompetition among business jet manufacturers is often a battle of inches.The new Falcon 10X, for example, is 11 inches (.28 meters) wider than competing ultra-long- range models, making possible a new level of comfort.The 10X is being built today and will enter service at the end of 2025. Thanks to a wider cross section, the 10X’s aft stateroom is more like a nice hotel room than traditional aft cabins. It’s the only one, short of converted airliners, to take a full 60-inch queen size bed and has the roomiest shower, including a window with chromatic dimmer. Dassault, which has long prided itself for transferring fighter know-how into business jets, has been thinking a lot about passenger experience in recent years. Having introduced fly-by-wire technology to business aviation in pursuit of superior handling qualities, the company is now equally obsessed with how passengers, sleep, eat, work and simply enjoy the experience of flight. With the biggest CEO staterooms in the industry on both the 10X and new 6X, which has the second largest cross-section in a business jet and is 11 inches wider than its nearest competitor, Dassault considered