Le Bourget

Dassault Falcon Service at Le Bourget

• DFS was created in 1967.
• Main Services:

  Service Center Charter Services and FBO

• 6 hangars dedicated to Falcons (85 000 m²)
• 20 000 m² of aircraft parking.
• An average of 20 falcons in workshops at any time
• 592 Falcon experts dedicated to Falcon operators
• Turnover in 2004 of 141 M€
• Over 50% of Falcon maintenance and modification market in Europe, Africa and Middle East.
• Striving to permanently achieve Total Quality, Dassault Falcon Service was rewarded in spring 2001 with the ISO 9001 Award.

Le Bourget Service Center

DFS is the mainstay of the DASSAULT AVIATION Service Center network for Europe, Africa and Middle East. It is the largest Service Center of the world dedicated to Falcons.

• Main services:

  Scheduled Maintenance Specialized workshops (engines, hydraulics, avionics) Avionics modifications and upgrades, engine retrofit Cabin Interiors refurbishment

• 318 people including:

  222 people in the Production Department
  36 people in the Customer Support Department
  36 people in the Engineering Department
  24 people in the Purchasing Department
  

• Quality assurance:
  In addition to PARTIE 145 and F.A.R. 145 approvals, the Service Center has several agreements:

  NATO AQAP 120 (French Ministry of Defense)
  BERMUDA, CAIMAN
  U.A.E., QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA
  RUSSIAN, UKRAINAN
  

Main Services

• Scheduled maintenance:

  A, B, C, Z and MCI Airframe Scheduled inspections
  Engine inspections: CF700, ATF3, TFE730, CFE738, and PW308C
  APV inspections
  Service Bulletin and FSA application
  Avionics tests
  Structural repairs
  NDT shop: XRay, Eddy current
  In house dedicated team for customer support and trouble shooting
  

• Specialised workshop for equipment overhaul, repairs (engines, hydraulics, avionics):

  Engine shop

  • Honeywell: major authorized Service Center for TFE731, ATF3 engines and APO
  • CFE: line authorized Service Center for CFE 738 engines
  • P&W Canada: recognized Maintenance Service Center for PW308C

  Hydraulics

  • Messier-Dowty: authorized Service Center for Falcon landing gear overhaul
  • Messier-Bugatti: authorized Service Center for wheel and brake assembly

  Avionics shop

  • Rockwell Collins authorized dealer
  • Audio International authorized service center
  • Four shops:

    - battery
    - instruments and entertainment
    - avionics: satcom bench test
    - pneumatics: outflow valve bench test