Textron Aviation Unveils Cessna Citation Ascend in Geneva

The $16.25-million Cessna Citation Ascend by Textron Aviation will be the fifth-generation Citation 560XL when it arrives in 2025.

Fred George

Monday, May 22, 2023 at 05:40 AM ET

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Textron Aviation's Cessna Citation Ascend continues the XLS line with a new model that is planned to enter service in 2025. [Textron Aviation]

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The Cessna Citation Ascend, unveiled at EBACE 2023, is the fifth-generation Citation 560XL designed to refresh the best-selling business jet series with numerous improvements.
It features a refreshed exterior with larger windows and new Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545D engines offering enhanced efficiency, durability, and reduced noise.
Interior upgrades include a new flat floor, improved sound insulation for quieter operation, a Bongiovi Acoustics speakerless surround-sound system, and abundant charging ports.
The flight deck is equipped with the latest Garmin G5000 avionics suite, including autothrottles and Garmin's innovative 3D exocentric view airport diagrams, designed to reduce pilot workload.

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Could this be a mini Citation Latitude? That was my first impression when I saw the Cessna Citation Ascend mock-up at the European Business Aviation Convention and Expo in Geneva. Textron Aviation (NYSE:TXT) pulled back the curtain on the new model Monday morning at EBACE 2023.

The $16.725-million Ascend will be the fifth-generation Citation 560XL when it arrives in 2025, and its refreshed appearance heralds dozens of improvements aimed at sustaining demand for the best-selling business jet in the last quarter century. Almost 1,100 Excel, XLS, XLS+ and XLS Gen 2 Citations have been delivered since 1998. The Ascend has plenty of qualities aimed at extending this sales performance.