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Dassault Aviation’s Dassault Falcon Service (DFS) subsidiary is launching a service with Japan Airlines (JAL) that will connect passengers who fly from Tokyo to Paris to other destinations throughout Europe and Africa. To begin on May 1, the JAL Falcon Business Jet Service will provide ground transport between the JAL terminal at Charles de Gaulle Airport and the DFS fixed-base operation at Paris Le Bourget.
The service will use a fleet of nine Falcons, including two recently added Falcon 7Xs. DFS will operate the aircraft. The service will use a pay-as-you-go pricing structure that will vary based on the type of aircraft used and distance traveled.
“This new premium service will allow JAL customers to fly point-to-point at short notice to hundreds of destinations not covered by its commercial flight network,” said DFS general manager Jean Kayanakis. “It’s tailor-made for business or leisure travelers who are looking for maximum flexibility, short travel time, comfort and seamless interconnections, especially when making multiple hops or flying to out-of-the-way destinations.”
JAL Falcon Business Jet Service is eying potential expansion to the U.S. and other JAL markets in the future.
“We see business jets as a way to multiply travel options for our customers without having to expand our route network,” added JAL president Yoshiharu Ueki.
Japan Airlines (JAL) and Dassault Falcon Service (DFS), a subsidiary of Dassault Aviation (S103), recently launched a private jet service that will provide airline passengers flying from Tokyo to Paris with seamless interconnection to onward destinations in Europe and Africa.
The JAL Falcon Business Jet Service, which includes ground transport between the JAL terminal at Charles de Gaulle Airport and the DFS fixed-base operation at Paris Le Bourget, commenced on May 1, 2017.
“This new premium service will allow JAL customers to fly point-to-point at short notice to hundreds of destinations not covered by its commercial flight network, ” said DFS General Manager Jean Kayanakis. “It’s tailor-made for business or leisure travelers who are looking for maximum flexibility, short travel time, comfort and seamless interconnections, especially when making multiple hops or flying to out-of-the-way destinations.”
The service uses a fleet of nine Falcon aircraft, including two recently added Falcon 7X ultra-long-range trijets. The fleet also includes six Falcon 900s and a Falcon 50EX. DFS, which runs a maintenance, fixed-base operation, management and charter service at Le Bourget, will operate the jets under its air operator certificate.
The service is offered with a pay-as-you-go, all-inclusive pricing structure based on the type of aircraft and the distance traveled. At a later date, it could be extended to the U.S. and other JAL markets.
“We see business jets as a way to multiply travel options for our customers without having to expand our route network,” said Yoshiharu Ueki, president of JAL.“The high operating performance and unsurpassed safety and flying efficiency of Falcon Jets make them the ideal tool for doing this, and few operators fly as many and as wide a range of Falcons as DFS.”
DFS, a division of Dassault Aviation, is rolling out the new service as it celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Originally called Europe Falcon Service, DFS has operated the charter company since its inception in 1967. The Le Bourget center is the largest in the Dassault Aircraft Services network and has grown into one of the largest on the airport. The company employed 620 and reported revenues of €165 million ($180 million U.S.) in 2016.