page_title: Dassault Mercure
section_title: Survivors
hierarchical_section_title: Dassault Mercure / Survivors
caption_attribution_description: Dassault Mercure in the Museum of Air and Space (Musée de l'air et de l'espace, Le Bourget, France)
context_page_description: The Dassault Mercure is a twin-engined narrow-body jet-powered airliner developed and manufactured by French aircraft firm Dassault Aviation. According to Dassault, it was the first large-scale European cooperative civil aeronautics programme.
  During 1967, the Mercure was proposed as a French counterpart to the American Boeing 737. It was Dassault's first venture into the commercial jet airliner market, the company having traditionally built fighters and executive jets. On 28 May 1971, the prototype conducted its maiden flight, while the type entered service on 4 June 1974 with French airline Air Inter.
  Attempts were made to market the type in the US, including partnerships with American manufacturers Douglas, Lockheed and General Dynamics, with the vision of producing it in the United States. However, the Mercure had very little success on the market, which has been attributed to several factors, including a lack of range in comparison to rival aircraft. As a consequence, there were only 12 aircraft constructed, all of which were built between 1971 and 1975. The Mercure performed its final flight in 1995.
context_section_description: F-BTTB, c/n 2 is on display at the Technik Museum Speyer in Germany. The cabin of the aircraft although closed to the public can be seen through a grille. It is presented in the same condition as it left service (on its last commercial flight), complete with French magazines on the passenger seating.
  F-BTTD, c/n 4 is on display at the Musée de l’air et de l’espace at Paris–Le Bourget Airport in France.
  F-BTTE, c/n 5 is preserved as a ground instructional airframe at Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport. for the Ecole Supérieure des Métiers de l'Aéronautique
  F-BTTF, c/n 6 is stored at Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in France.
  F-BTTH, c/n 8 is preserved at Marseille Provence Airport.
  F-BTTI, c/n 9 is preserved as an instructional airframe at Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in France.
  F-BTTJ, c/n 10 was preserved at the Musée Delta in Athis-Mons, near Paris-Orly Airport. It was cut up during 2018 and the forward fuselage is now at Piet Smedts in the Netherelands
caption: On display at the Musée de l’air et de l’espace at Paris–Le Bourget Airport
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