Dassault Falcon CEO John Rosanvallon deemed 2014 “a good year.” The first three quarters, with 67 Falcon sales logged, outperformed the whole of 2013. “And we are having a good fourth quarter in 2014,” he told AIN at the December 17 unveiling of the Falcon 8X.

Falcon order intake had reached €2.91 billion through the end of September, up by about 50 percent from the €1.96 billion in the first three quarters of the previous year.

However, not all regions contributed to the increase. The BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) will account for only around 15 percent of the sales. China, for example, has been a disappointment for all business jet manufacturers, according to Rosanvallon. In contrast, the U.S. “has woken up at last,” and sales in Northern Europe were “satisfactory,” he said.

According to Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier, the company felt no impact in 2014 from international economic sanctions against Russia.