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Dassault Aviation's Falcon 6X recently won the International Yacht & Aviation Award for interior design, underscoring the comfort and spaciousness offered by the OEM's latest twinjet. “This prestigious award reflects the innovative manner in which our in-house design studio conceived the Falcon 6X cabin, which entailed going well beyond simply improving the aircraft's interior decoration,” says Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Eric Trappier. “With extensive input from customers, our engineers rethought the entire interior design process, employing a sensory design approach that will completely redefine the passenger flight experience.”
Sensory design manages air, light and sound in innovative ways to maximise health and wellness. In the Falcon 6X, it played a key role in selecting materials, textures and finishes, laying out furniture and furnishings, defining interior lighting and colour schemes and designing cabin contours. The cabin's furniture design, flush surfaces and recessed technology are designed to enhance the feeling of spaciousness and facilitate productivity and relaxation during long intercontinental trips.
Upholstered areas throughout the cabin are covered with micro-perforated fabrics, woven textiles and 3D fabrics designed to offer protection from microbes and absorb sound. Materials and finishing are optimised to absorb or reflect light, while smart-control mood lighting varies colour patterns in accordance with the type of activity, time of day and season.
The cabin has 30 extra-large windows, and an overhead skylight, the first in business aviation, illuminates the galley area.
The Falcon 6X cabin is 6ft 6in tall and 8 ft 6in wide, 40 ft 4in long. It carries 12-16 passengers with individual seating in three separate lounge areas. The 6X's 5,500 nm range allows it to connect routes such as Paris to Tokyo or Los Angeles to Moscow.
Development of the 6X, including its Pratt & Whitney Canada PW812D engine is on schedule. The first flight is set for 2021 and certification and initial delivery are planned for 2022.
