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Cessna introduce new longest-range business jet the Citation Longitude at EBACE
Cessna today introduced its newest and longest-range business jet, the Citation Longitude at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE).
Cessna names CFIC as Authorised Citation Service Facility in China
Cessna Aircraft Company has signed an agreement appointing Beijing DINGSHI GA Tech Service Center (CFIC) as a Citation authorised service facility. Read more
Cessna Citation Ten prototype aircraft takes first flight
The Cessna Aircraft Company have confirmed that the Citation Ten prototype has made its first flight this week.
Cessna delivers first Citation CJ4 business jet for European charter flights
The Cessna Aircraft Company has delivered the first Citation CJ4 jet for charter operations in Europe.
Fred Eisele, chief executive officer of Stuttgart-based Eisele Flugdienst, accepted the business jet in a handover hosted by Atlas Air Service, Cessna’s Citation Authorised Sales Representative for Germany, at the Citation Service Center at Bremen Airport. Read more
Cessna Citation X to get Honeywell Primus Elite avionics and cabin improvements for 2011
Cessna Aircraft Company has announced that it will feature the Honeywell Primus Elite avionics platform for the 2011 Citation X business jet Read more
Cessna Citation CJ4 gains FAA type certification
Cessna Aircraft Company have announced that the Citation CJ4 has gained type certification by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Deliveries are set to begin later this year.
The Citation CJ4 is the newest and largest member of the popular CJ family of business jets consisting of the Citation CJ1+, CJ2+ and CJ3. The CJ4 is approved for single-pilot operations and shares a common pilot type rating with the other CJs (a pilot rated to fly any one of the CJs is rated to fly them all). Retail price in 2010 dollars for a typically equipped Citation CJ4 is $9 million.
The final results of extensive flight testing have validated significant performance enhancements including a takeoff distance of 3,130 feet (954 meters) at maximum takeoff weight, capable of a direct climb to 45,000 feet (13,716 meters) in just 28 minutes, a maximum speed of 453 knots (839 kilometers per hour), a range of 2,002 nautical miles (3,710 kilometers) with two crew and five passengers, and a landing distance of 2,700 feet (823 meters) at maximum landing weight.
The Citation CJ4 also offers an extensive standard equipment list including a four-screen Collins Pro Line 21 avionics suite with electronic charts and graphical weather, TCAS II, EGPWS Class A TAWS, Dual Mode S Diversity transponders with ADS-B out capability, Multi-Scan weather radar, Emergency Descent Mode, and an essential electrical bus.
The aircraft will debut the new Williams International FJ44-4A electronically controlled (FADEC) engines which gained FAA certification on Feb. 2. The cabin can be configured for up to eight passengers with a standard, belted aft lavatory. The Citation CJ4 also debuts the Rockwell Collins Venue cabin management system that includes BluRay DVD with HD monitors, moving maps and XM radio.
Cessna completes full acquisition of CitationAir
Cessna Aircraft Company have announced today it has completed its acquisition of CitationAir, a business aviation solutions company originally called CitationShares.
The original company was started in 2000 as a joint venture between Cessna and TAG Aviation Holding SA with each holding a 50-percent share. Cessna had gradually acquired a greater share through the past decade and today announced acquisition of the final 8 percent. Terms of the transaction were not released.
CitationAir is a business aviation solutions company offering jet cards, jet shares, aircraft management and customized solutions for individuals, businesses and corporate flight departments. CitationAir took its new name last year to better reflect the changes to its business model adopted through the years that give customers more choice and flexibility in meeting their business aviation requirements and to strengthen its alignment with Cessna.
“Because of CitationAir’s innovative products, Cessna is able to offer customers an even wider range of lift solutions, whether the need is to buy their own new or pre-owned jet or for a customized lift plan giving them access to CitationAir’s fleet of Cessna Citations,” said Jack J. Pelton, Cessna chairman, president and CEO.
With this move, CitationAir becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Cessna but maintains its separate operation. Customers will continue to work directly through CitationAir for access to their comprehensive portfolio of products.
CitationAir is based in Greenwich, Connecticut and operates a fleet of 80 Citation models throughout North America. For more information, visit www.citationair.com
First Cessna Citation CJ4 takes to the air
The Cessna Aircraft Company have shown their first Citation CJ4 take to the air.
This Citation CJ4 was built on Cessna’s new business jet assembly line .
Combining an ergonomic yet stylish cabin, state-of-the-art technological advancements and exceptional performance, the new CJ4 takes all the things you’ve come to know and love about the CJ family and elevates them to entirely new levels. The Cessna engineers who created the CJ4 did so with the benefit of insights from all the CJ owners, operators and pilots who have given us firsthand feedback over the years.
Guidance from operators of existing CJs proved to be invaluable when it came time to build an even better one. The CJ4 is brimming with bold ideas, subtle flourishes and smart, usable technological advancements that make it, without a doubt, the most advanced CJ ever. And one of the most advanced Citations ever.
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