Becton Dickinson returns to New Jersey home base after El Paso operations visit

Becton Dickinson's Dassault Falcon 7X, tail number N294X, departed El Paso International Airport late on May 8 and touched down at Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey just after midnight on May 9. The three-hour flight capped a period of activity in the Southwest for the medical technology firm, whose headquarters sits nearby in Franklin Lakes.

The timing aligns with Becton Dickinson's freshly reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 results, released May 7, which showed revenue up 5.2 percent to $4.7 billion and prompted a raised full-year profit forecast, per a Reuters report. Executives likely returned to base to navigate the momentum from surging demand in drug delivery devices, a segment fueling the upbeat outlook amid broader healthcare pressures.

This trip fits a recent pattern of shuttles to El Paso, where Becton Dickinson runs a major manufacturing facility employing around 800 workers and producing skin antiseptics like ChloraPrep. Earlier flights in early May looped through the area from New Jersey and Baltimore, underscoring routine oversight of production hubs that underpin the company's global operations.