TATV Newsround: Dassault's latest business jet is unveiled

Dassault's latest, largest and lavish business jet is unveiled and in this week’s Newsround, we take an in-depth look at the new arrival and see where it fits alongside the most recent models from rivals Bombardier and Gulfstream.

Alan Peaford looks at the finer points of the new flagship Falcon 10X and we hear from Dassault’s Eric Trappier and Carlos Brana about the aircraft.

Host Mark Pilling turns the focus onto the Vanilla Islands as regional correspondent Anuradha Deenapanray gives the update from the islands and their national carriers - Air Seychelles, Air Mauritius, Air Austral and Air Madagascar.

Newsreader Marcelle Nethersole gets the highlights of Accenture’s latest aerospace industry outlook from the head of the business, John Schmidt as well as detail of Egypt’s latest military shopping spree.

MRO Editor Chuck Grieve hears from AMAC Aerospace’s Waleed Muhiddin about the latest extension to the Basle completions and MRO centre that is regular go-to facility for VIP Middle Eastern owners.

This, plus all the news headlines from across the region.
Alan Peaford

Alan Peaford MBE

Alan is a regular broadcaster and is the consultant editor-in-chief and presenter for Times Aerospace TV and is a regular commentator on aviation issues for many global broadcasting channels. He is conference chairman of the Aviation Africa summit and the Aviation MENA summit and has moderated or chaired conferences for organisations such as IATA, DCAA, the Global Aerospace Summit and business aviation associations in the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

Mark Pilling

Mark Pilling

Mark is a consulting editor to Arabian and African Aerospace.

Marcelle (Ella) Nethersole

Marcelle (Ella) Nethersole

Ella is a news editor for digital news channels including Arabian Aerospace, African Aerospace and Times Aerospace TV.

Chuck Grieve

Chuck Grieve

Chuck Grieve is an award-winning writer and editor with more than 40-years experience in consumer, corporate, trade and technical journalism on a global scale.