Dassault Aviation, has appointed Mr
Renaud Cloatre as the new Sales Director for the Middle East region,
based in Dubai. The new appointment comes as the company establishes its
new regional sales office in the Dubai Airport Free Zone. Dassault
delivered a total of 21 large cabin Falcons in the last three years in
the Middle East, growing the regional fleet by more than 60 per cent.
Dassault Falcon currently has around 50 business jets based in the
region and expects this number to grow significantly over the next three
years.
Cloatre has taken over the Sales Director position from Mr Gerard
Gallice, who set up the Dassault Falcon operation in the Middle East and
has retired after 19 years with the company.
Commenting on the new appointment, John Rosanvallon, President and CEO
of Dassault Falcon, said: “Renaud brings to this position a deep
understanding and passion for aviation and he is assuming this position
at a very good time for Dassault in the Middle East. Over the past six
months, we’ve seen some very promising signs of a recovery in the
region. Dassault has a significant backlog of orders in the region and
we expect to grow the current fleet of 50 Falcons by almost 50 per cent
over the next three years.”
Dassault's growing presence in the Middle East led to the company’s
decision to establish a dedicated spare parts distribution center and a
sales office in Dubai in 2008. The regional inventory is now worth more
than US $1.5 million and includes most of the high replacement items.
The worldwide spare parts distribution center network includes the Dubai
center and nine other locations.
"Dubai is unique because of the expanding Dassault Falcon fleet based
there but it is also a popular stopover point for transiting aircraft
flying from the Asia-Pacific region to Europe," said Jacques Chauvet,
Senior Vice President, Customer Service, Dassault Falcon. “With 50
aircraft already based in the region and this number set to grow
significantly in the next few years, we are currently evaluating several
new potential Authorized Service Centers (ASC) for the Middle East to
expand our global ASC network.”
