Falcon 2000
ICAO F2THThe twin-engine Dassault business jet, in government and surveillance service. Live Falcon 2000 positions.
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Airframe
- Manufacturer
- Dassault
- Role
- Government transport and surveillance
- Class
- L2J — Landplane, 2 jet engines
- Crew
- 2
- First flight
- 4 March 1993
- In service
- 1995
Operators airborne
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About the Falcon 2000
The Falcon 2000 is the twin-engine member of the Dassault business jet family, developed once range rules relaxed enough to make a third engine unnecessary. It kept the wide cabin of the Falcon 900 with a shorter fuselage and two engines.
Governments buy it for the same reasons companies do, and Qatar, France, India, Japan and others operate it. France has also developed the Albatros maritime surveillance version to replace its Falcon 50Ms.
On this feed it appears mostly as a Middle Eastern or European government aircraft.
Callsign prefixes
- QAF
- Qatar Emiri Air Force
- CTM
- Cotam — French Air and Space Force
How to recognise it
- —Two rear-mounted engines and a swept T-tail — no third engine in the fin.
- —A wide, deep fuselage relative to its length, with a rounded Dassault nose.
- —Winglets on later variants.
Common questions
+ How is the Falcon 2000 different from the Falcon 900?
Two engines instead of three, and a shorter fuselage, but the same cabin width. It was made possible by the relaxation of the twin-engine range rules that justified the 900's third engine.
+ What is the Falcon 2000 Albatros?
A French maritime surveillance version, fitted with search radar and observation stations, ordered to replace the ageing Falcon 50M fleet.
+ Who flies it in government service?
Qatar, France, India, Japan, Hungary and others, mostly for VIP transport, with the French aircraft also doing maritime work.