Dassault is planning to open a 23,000-square-foot Falcon Service Center at Sorocaba Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The $6.5-million facility will support Falcon operators in Brazil, where demand is anticipated to double to more than 50 aircraft by 2011. Expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2008, the facility will house up to three Falcons at a time, and offer line maintenance, A-checks, and an AOG mobile response team. It will also have a spare parts and tooling for all current Falcons, as well as for out-of-production models such as the Falcon 10, 20 and 50.
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