Becton Dickinson Falcon 7X circles Amsterdam after a week of financial and regulatory maneuvering

Becton Dickinson’s Falcon 7X (tail N294X) departed and landed at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on June 11, spending just 25 minutes and staying below 700 feet — a short local flight that likely involved a test flight, crew positioning, or a post-maintenance check. The aircraft had flown from Canada to the UK days earlier, on June 8, and before that from the Philadelphia area to New Jersey on June 4.

The same week, BD’s corporate parent Becton, Dickinson and Company was navigating a full calendar. On May 7, CEO Tom Polen announced fiscal Q2 revenue of $4.7 billion, beating expectations, and raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance, per the company’s earnings release [investors.bd.com](https://investors.bd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/958/bd-reports-second-quarter-fiscal-2026-financial-results). A week later, BD’s Luxembourg subsidiary issued €600 million in 3.855% notes due 2033 to refinance existing debt [investors.bd.com](https://investors.bd.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001140361-26-020828/ny20072670x4_8k.htm). Meanwhile, the company reported it had resumed U.S. shipments of ChloraPrep after a voluntary hold tied to an FDA warning letter at its El Paso plant [investors.bd.com](https://investors.bd.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001628280-26-039005/bdx-20260529.htm).

Amsterdam is not a regular destination in BD’s flight pattern — its European hops normally center on London, Frankfurt, or Jersey. This brief local orbit suggests a mechanical or operational reason rather than a business meeting. The real news this week for Becton Dickinson remains in the boardroom and the regulatory filings, not on the ramp at Schiphol.