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Dassault Aviation

Jet Aviation Shanghai

Press Release

Issued by Dassault Aviation.

October 18, 2010

Dassault Falcon to establish Authorized Service Center in Shanghai, China

Dassault Falcon recently signed an agreement adding Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Service Center to the Falcon Authorized Service Center Network (ASC). The new service center, at the Hongqiao International Airport (ZSSS), is scheduled to come fully online within six months. A Falcon GoTeam, however, is already positioned on-site and ready to provide support for Falcon operators in the region.

The new Shanghai service center is expected to receive its Part 145 Repair Station Certification from both the US and Chinese airworthiness authorities by April of 2011, and will be capable of servicing Falcon 900, 2000 and 7X aircraft. The facility will be designated a Line Service Center with line maintenance and A/A+ inspections. The capabilities will be expanded to a Major Service Center to include C-check for these Falcon models as the fleet matures.

"Our partnership with Shanghai Hawker Pacific is part of our continual effort to increase our footprint of service in this region for Falcon operators," said Jacques Chauvet, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Customer Service for Dassault Falcon. "The benefit will be felt by local and transient operators, alike as the use of business aviation in this dynamic region continues to grow." A Beijing ASC is expected to be announced by the end of the year to accomodate a growing regionally based Falcon fleet as well as increased transient traffic.

"The Shanghai Hawker Pacific facility has an infrastructure capable of sustainable growth which gives Dassault an advantage as we plan to increase our support capabilities in this region in step with fleet growth," said Dean Anderson, Director of Dassault's Authorized Service Center Network in the Western Hemisphere.

Over $2 million (U.S.) in spares, tooling and equipment will be placed at the facility by the end of this year. Upon opening, there will be eight people dedicated to serving Falcon operators, including a director of maintenance, a quality assurance manager as well as staff dedicated to parts and planning.

GoTeam support is provided by a dedicated 7X technician from Hawker Pacific, Dassault's authorized service center in Singapore. It can be dispatched on very short notice to an aircraft in an AOG situation and is fully capable of returning an aircraft to service via sign-off from Hawker Pacific's Singapore Repair Station certificate.

The Shanghai facility has 40,000 square foot of hangar spaces and an additional 18,000 square feet of workshop and office space. Another 200,000 square feet of land has been reserved for a second hangar in future phases of expansion. The attached Business Aviation Center and FBO facility consists of a further 32,000 square feet of space.