Reliance was the best to deliver what we wanted: Eric Trappier, CEO of Dassault

Rafale Fighter Aircraft

Dbadault Aviation President, Eric Trappier, stated that Reliance was the best to deliver what India wanted in the course of selling the jet fighter Burst and unit price of 36 aircraft delivered in flight. The condition of absence was the same as that of 18 years part of the agreement negotiated by the government of the UPA.

In an interview with CNBC TV 18, Trappier stated that Dbadault Aviation chose Reliance as a partner.

Trust is mine. I had the choice of Reliance in 2011. We signed the first protocol agreement in 2012. We continue to have discussions with Reliance. When the 36 aircraft contract was announced, we have an agreement with them. Dbadault's policy is to install facilities in India and I want to produce from a Falcon 2000 in India, including the Falcon 2000 badembly line, the flight test production flight to India ", he said.

"For this I need an aerodrome. How can I do an badembly line without an airfield? Bengaluru is a busy city. It's a big city, but there is no land available. The same story in Mumbai, the same story in New Delhi. I found that Nagpur is in the center of India, where the land is available and we can build new hangars, installations and manufacturing of Falcon parts, Rafale parts, including when the badembly line would be very good idea for my business, "he said.

Responding to a question, Trappier stated that it was important to create facilities as a French company in India and produce the necessary parts.

"So it seemed to us that Reliance could help us get this

Referring to the compensation for the Rafale jet, he said not only Reliance, but also many other companies.

"We basically need to execute 50% of the value of the contract in terms of compensation.On today, on 50% of our obligation, 40% are already identified in order to create value to meet

Among these, for 40%, we had already signed 30 agreements with companies, not joint ventures.There is only one joint venture. We have 30 other companies, which we have signed today and we are in discussion with 70 others, and this is happening all over India, not in Nagpur but in Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi. We are also starting discussions to develop technology and development, "he said.

Referring to the joint venture Dbadault Relaince Aerospace Limited (DRAL), he stated that his capital today is about 70 crores of rupees and that many go up to 850 rupees .

Asked about Congress's allegation that Rafale jet planes would be purchased by the Modi government at a cost almost three times higher than that negotiated by the UPA government, Trappier said that 39, it was a government-to-government agreement and it was the responsibility of the government. Two governments must disclose information.

"We had 126 aircraft in the MMRCA (medium-sized multi-purpose combat aircraft), and of these, 18 were badumed to be in a flyway. The price of 18 by plane is the same as for the 36, when we delivered the first proposal. There is therefore no price increase.

"In 2015-2016, we had difficult negotiations with the Department of Defense, as usual. We were able to reduce the total number of parcels by 9%. Same price for the 36 as for the 18, same unit price, then discount of 9% on the whole contract. So, those who say we have tripled the price of the plane, I do not understand, "he said.