Paris: Eric Trappier, the CEO of Dassault Aviation (DA), the manufacturers of the Rafale Multi Role Combat Aircraft of which India is planning to purchase 126, said in Paris on Thursday that the company was living through times of “hope and uncertainty” and that it was “important to sign the Rafale contract with India.”
Referring specifically to the Rafale programme, Mr. Trappier said the aircraft carried “our hopes with exports and its operational success in Mali. However, questions weigh on budgetary policies concerning French programmes.” It was therefore key to the company’s future that the contract with India be signed. “We know that there is an election in India next year. It could even take place earlier. If we do not sign by the end of the year, it could be done after the elections,” a confident Mr. Trappier told The Hindu.
Mr. Trappier, Dassault Aviation’s 53-year-old CEO who took over last year, was speaking at a press conference announcing the company results for the first six months of this year. The company, which also manufacturers the famous Falcon executive jet, said it has taken 27 new orders for the Falcon, compared to 25 in the first half of 2012. The company has delivered 29 Falcons and 5 Rafale jets, compared to 34 Falcons and 4 Rafales including the same period last year.
26/07/13 Vaiju Naravane/The Hindu
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Referring specifically to the Rafale programme, Mr. Trappier said the aircraft carried “our hopes with exports and its operational success in Mali. However, questions weigh on budgetary policies concerning French programmes.” It was therefore key to the company’s future that the contract with India be signed. “We know that there is an election in India next year. It could even take place earlier. If we do not sign by the end of the year, it could be done after the elections,” a confident Mr. Trappier told The Hindu.
Mr. Trappier, Dassault Aviation’s 53-year-old CEO who took over last year, was speaking at a press conference announcing the company results for the first six months of this year. The company, which also manufacturers the famous Falcon executive jet, said it has taken 27 new orders for the Falcon, compared to 25 in the first half of 2012. The company has delivered 29 Falcons and 5 Rafale jets, compared to 34 Falcons and 4 Rafales including the same period last year.
26/07/13 Vaiju Naravane/The Hindu
