Dassault Aviation has selected Eaton to supply the hydraulic power system and fuel system technologies for the Falcon 10X, its new ultra-long-range business jet. The agreement also covers a test rig and validation work to support Dassault’s certification with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), on a programme whose entry into service Dassault now schedules for 2029.

Eaton, which describes itself as an intelligent power management company, announced the selection in a press release from Cleveland distributed through Business Wire in November 2026. The release says the work builds on a longstanding collaboration between the two companies and that Eaton’s flight-proven technologies and engineering expertise are expected to support the aircraft’s weight, fuel-efficiency and certification objectives ahead of entry into service.

What Eaton will supply

According to the release, Eaton’s Hydraulic Power Generation System powers critical aircraft functions, including flight controls, landing gear, braking and steering systems. Eaton says the system provides monitoring and redundancy intended to support safety and reliability objectives.

The agreement goes beyond hardware. It also includes system-level modeling, validation activities and a test rig to support Dassault’s system-level EASA certification activities. The company also said it supported ground testing associated with the Falcon 10X’s first flight.

On the fuel side, Eaton said the technologies selected for the Falcon 10X build on products already deployed across commercial and business aviation platforms, and that their established performance can help reduce development complexity, accelerate production readiness and reduce program risk. The release does not name the individual fuel system components, and it does not disclose the value or duration of the agreement.

“The Falcon 10X is setting a new benchmark in business aviation, and Eaton is proud to help make it possible.”

That statement came from Armando Tellez, President of Eaton’s Fuel and Motion Control Systems Division. Eaton said it will complete the final stages of application-specific development later in 2026, using engineering resources from across the world.

Where the Falcon 10X programme stands

Dassault unveiled the aircraft on March 10, 2026, in a new production hall at Bordeaux-Mérignac, before more than 400 clients, partners and aviation executives, an event AirPro News covered in its report on the prototype unveiling. In its rollout release, Dassault said the programme would move to flight testing, followed by an evaluation campaign to validate performance and prepare the aircraft for service.

Flight testing began with the Falcon 10X maiden flight in June. According to Dassault, test pilot Sébastien Dupont de Dinechin and copilot Fabrice Dougnac took off from runway 23 at Bordeaux-Mérignac at 11.10 a.m. on June 19, 2026, for a flight of two hours and 30 minutes. After evaluating handling qualities and systems at 15,000 feet, the crew retracted the landing gear and all movable surfaces, climbed to 40,000 feet and accelerated to Mach 0.82. Dassault said a second test aircraft was nearing completion, and that a third aircraft, being fitted with a full interior, will mainly test systems and cabin functionality and reliability.

The timeline has moved. In an October 29, 2021, article on its news site, GE said the aircraft was slated to fly in 2025; GE Aviation supplies the Falcon 10X’s primary and solid state secondary electrical power distribution and control system. In its first-half 2026 financial release, dated July 22, 2026, Dassault’s board cited the maiden flight and “the rescheduling of the program,” and the company stated that the entry into service of the Falcon 10X is scheduled for 2029. Dassault said its research and development expenses in the first half of 2026 were mainly related to the Falcon 10X.

The aircraft behind the systems

Dassault lists a range of 7,500 nautical miles at Mach 0.85 with eight passengers and four crew, and a maximum operating speed of Mach 0.925. The jet is powered by two Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engines rated at more than 18,000 lb of thrust each at sea level. Its maximum takeoff weight is 115,000 lb, and its maximum fuel weight is 51,700 lb (23,451 kg).

The cabin is 9 ft 1 in (2.77 m) wide and 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) high. Dassault says the Falcon 10X is the first business jet with a fully composite wing, and that the aircraft carries the third generation of its digital fly-by-wire flight control system, paired with a Smart Throttle that manages both engines through a single lever. Dassault has used fly-by-wire in business aviation since the Falcon 7X in 2007.

The Falcon market and what comes next

Dassault presents the Falcon 10X as the new top of its Falcon range. The company recorded 23 Falcon orders in the first half of 2026, compared with eight in the first half of 2025, and delivered 13 Falcon jets in the period. Its backlog included 83 Falcon aircraft as of June 30, 2026, and its unchanged 2026 guidance includes the delivery of 40 Falcon jets. Dassault says it has delivered more than 10,000 military and civil aircraft, including 2,800 Falcon jets, to more than 90 countries.

Eaton, founded in 1911, reported revenues of $27.4 billion in 2025 and serves customers in 180 countries, according to its release. The next milestones to watch are Eaton’s completion of application-specific development later in 2026, the entry of the second and third Falcon 10X test aircraft into the flight test campaign, and Dassault’s EASA certification work ahead of the scheduled 2029 entry into service.

Jet Linx Aviation has launched an Operator Alliance that opens its Omaha back office to local and regional Part 135 charter operators, with Northern California’s Pacific Coast Jet, which has more than 20 aircraft under management, signed as the first partner. The company announced the program on November 10, 2026.

Under the model, a participating operator keeps its own local identity, leadership and customer relationships while drawing on Jet Linx’s national resources as it chooses, according to the Jet Linx press release. The company said its relationship with Pacific Coast Jet will go further than a typical shared-services arrangement because of that operator’s size and regional scale on the West Coast, where Jet Linx plans to expand in 2027.

What alliance operators can use

Participants get access to the Jet Linx Global Safety & Operations Center in Omaha, Nebraska, which centralizes accounting, technology, safety, training, fleet operations and procurement for the company’s 22 Base locations nationwide. Jet Linx said procurement covers fuel, insurance, maintenance and crew training.

Operators can also white-label the Jet Linx Jet Card Membership program, which the company said has operated since 2004 and is backed by its guarantee. Jet Linx said the alliance builds on its long-standing partnerships with operators tied to the Jet Card program, and that it expects to add other qualifying Part 135 operators selectively. Options range from shared capabilities to broader partnerships.

Jamie Walker, Executive Chairman of Jet Linx, said the program “has been designed to help smaller operators overcome the large investments of time and capital needed to grow their business.” He said it would also make Jet Linx’s own operation more efficient.

“It’s a win-win, we share in the expense and buying power, which makes it more efficient for all participants.”

Jamie Walker, Executive Chairman, Jet Linx

Walker said local operators “have built trusted businesses in the communities they serve,” and that the alliance lets them spend more of their time on those relationships while Jet Linx supports their back-office needs at lower cost.

Pacific Coast Jet signs on first

Pacific Coast Jet lists offices in Hayward and Oakland, California, on its website and offers aircraft management and charter, with services that include maintenance tracking, crew, aviation accounting and fleet insurance for owners. Jesse Ahearn, its Founder and CEO, said the company’s strategy has been to keep adding aircraft and to expand into more markets.

Ahearn said what attracted him to Jet Linx “wasn’t simply their scale.” He said both companies see private aviation as “fundamentally a local relationship business,” while functions such as safety, technology, accounting, dispatch, operational support and purchasing can be centralized and run on a national scale.

“The idea is simple: centralize the things that benefit from scale and invest locally in the things that benefit from relationships.”

Jesse Ahearn, Founder and CEO, Pacific Coast Jet

Ahearn said the partnership gives Pacific Coast Jet the chance to accelerate the strategy it already had by using infrastructure built at national scale, while keeping its attention on aircraft owners, customers and local relationships.

How the alliance fits the Jet Linx network

Jet Linx was founded in Omaha in 1999 and describes itself as the industry’s only local provider of guaranteed Jet Card Membership and Aircraft Management services. It holds IS-BAO Stage 3, ARGUS Platinum Elite and Wyvern Wingman PRO safety ratings, a combination the company says fewer than 1% of aircraft operators worldwide have earned. In an April 2026 release, Jet Linx described itself as an FAA-registered Part 135 operator flying light to heavy jets, with a service area covering more than 180 countries.

The alliance follows another program built on the same 22-base network. In April 2026, Jet Linx introduced an Owner Aircraft Exchange for managed-fleet owners, under which owners elect at least 10 hours a year of supplemental flight time within the Jet Linx fleet, priced at the aircraft’s Direct Operating Cost (DOC), and offer an equal number of hours on their own jet in return. That program was scheduled to roll out to owners on May 1, 2026.

Other routes to scale

Ahearn tied the decision to wider change in private aviation. “Scale is becoming more than an advantage in our industry,” he said, adding that the shift is visible “as strong operators combine and larger platforms continue to develop.”

Other management companies have grown through acquisition. In August 2026, Solairus Aviation agreed to buy the aircraft management and charter divisions of Clay Lacy Aviation. Solairus said it managed about 360 aircraft from more than 100 base locations across North America and Clay Lacy about 140, giving the combined company a managed fleet of more than 500 aircraft. A notice on the Clay Lacy website now says the divisions have been acquired, and AirPro News has covered the Solairus and Clay Lacy combination.

The Operator Alliance takes a different form: according to the Jet Linx release, partners keep their local identity, leadership and customer relationships while sharing back-office functions and buying power. Jet Linx has not disclosed the commercial terms for alliance members or how many operators it plans to admit. Operators can apply through an inquiry form on the Jet Linx website, which says alliance members can grow without investing in every capability themselves.

Magnifica Air, a Florida-based private airline that has yet to begin service, has disclosed a firm order for ten Airbus ACJ220-300 aircraft, an order Airbus had previously listed as undisclosed in its order book. The airline also selected Airbus’s Skywise digital tools to run its flight and technical operations.

Airbus Corporate Jets announced the order in a press release datelined Mirabel, Canada, on November 10, 2026. With the ten aircraft, Magnifica Air’s fleet will total 17 aircraft: three ACJ321neo and 14 ACJ220, each fitted with a bespoke, low-density ultra-premium cabin for mid-haul routes.

The order and the Skywise package

According to Airbus, the order expands Magnifica Air’s fleet for what the airline calls ultra-premium, tailor-made flight services. Alongside the aircraft, Magnifica Air selected a set of Skywise solutions: Skywise Core X1, a data backbone for analytics, plus flight planning, operations and crew management, and navigation databases. Airbus said the tools are meant to improve efficiency across flight and technical operations, with the operations control centre and flight operations suite intended to optimise performance on every route and flight phase.

Wade Black, CEO of Magnifica Air, said: “Airbus is far more than an aircraft manufacturer.” He described the airline’s “Private Class” concept and said the ACJ fleet and Skywise give the airline the cabin, range and operational backbone to deliver it.

Chadi Saade, President of Airbus Corporate Jets, called the ACJ220-300 “the perfect fit for Magnifica Air’s disruptive model” and described it as the most efficient and comfortable aircraft in its class. Airbus did not disclose the value of the order or a delivery schedule for the ten aircraft.

What the ACJ220-300 offers the airline

Airbus says the ACJ220-300 can fly up to 4,000nm, or more than nine flight hours, in a full business class configuration. That range, the manufacturer says, lets it connect all major U.S. domestic cities and reach Caribbean and European destinations. The aircraft can fly on a blend of up to 50% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Airbus markets its ACJ TwoTwenty as creating what it calls “The Xtra Large Bizjet” segment, with twice the cabin space of similarly priced ultra-long-range business jets, the same parking footprint and airport access, and about one third of their operating costs. More than 200 Airbus Corporate Jets are in service worldwide, according to the release. AirPro News reported in May 2026 on the first ACJ TwoTwenty deliveries in Asia-Pacific.

On the ground, Magnifica Air plans to use dedicated private aviation terminals, offer streamlined boarding and transfers, and provide dedicated concierge services, the release says.

Who Magnifica Air is

The airline launched at the 2025 NBAA-BACE show. In its launch release, dated October 15, 2025, from Miami and London, Magnifica Air said it would begin service in 2027 with Airbus A220-300 and A321neo aircraft, a fleet completed with Comlux and delivered through Air Lease Corp. Each aircraft was to seat 45 to 54 passengers, with two to four private suites and business-class recliners: four suites on the A321neo for longer routes and two on the A220-300 for mid-haul routes.

The launch plan called for six to seven daily departures from the start, linking Miami, New York, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Dallas and Houston, with seasonal routes to Napa Valley and the Caribbean, plus VIP charters. The airline said it operates under FAA Part 121 Supplemental Ops, will keep one spare aircraft for every four in the fleet, and, backed by CIG Companies, plans to grow to 50 aircraft. Charles Carey, Chairman and Co-Founder of CIG and Magnifica Air, appeared with Black and Saade in the photo Airbus released with the order. AirPro News also covered Magnifica Air’s earlier fleet plans in April 2026.

One of the airline’s executives has worked at Airbus Corporate Jets. The October 2025 release said Chief Development Officer Sean McGeough, a former CEO of Nextant and President of Hawker Beechcraft EMEA, has experience at Airbus Corporate Jets and Wheels Up.

What comes next

Magnifica Air has said service begins in 2027 and that it will initially operate ACJ220-300s and ACJ321neos. Once in service, the airline says, it will run the most fuel-efficient aircraft of its type in the industry. Neither company has said when the first of the ten newly disclosed ACJ220-300s will be delivered.