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Dassault Aviation has appointed Didier Raynard as its new senior vice president of sales for the Asia-Pacific region. At the Singapore Airshow on Tuesday, the company announced that Raynard will succeed Jean-Michel Jacob, who is retiring.
A graduate of France’s ESTACA aerospace engineering school, Raynard will be based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and will lead sales campaigns for Dassault’s Falcon business jets across East and Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Rim. He joined Dassault in 2008 as a sales manager and has more than 24 years of experience in the region, having previously worked for EADS and Airbus.
There are now around 100 Falcons based in the Asia-Pacific region. Dassault is working to boost this fleet with the arrival of new models, including the 6X, which entered service in late 2023, and the 10X, which is about to start its flight-test campaign.
Dassault is displaying a Falcon 6X at the Singapore Airshow. The aircraft features a wide cabin for passengers, advanced fly-by-wire flight controls, and Pratt & Whitney Canada PW812D engines.
In 2024, Dassault’s ExecuJet Malaysia subsidiary opened a new maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility at Malaysia’s Subang Airport. The facility supports Falcon jets and multiple other business aircraft types.