Region: Death of Serge Dassault

Serge Dassault, the second-generation French aviation entrepreneur, died on 28 May at his office in Paris, aged 93. A funeral service was held on 1 May at Les Invalides in Paris, where French prime minister Édouard Philippe delivered a eulogy. Dassault served as chairman and chief executive of Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation (known as Dassault Aviation since 1990) from 1986 to 2000, and was honorary chairman thereafter.