Cessna Citation XLS

Isabel Goyer

Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 03:40 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Cessna's new Citation XLS updates the popular Excel with more powerful Pratt & Whitney PW545B engines, providing a 4.9% thrust increase for improved climb to 45,000 feet and a cruise speed of 428 knots.
The XLS features a new Honeywell Primus Epic 1000 Control Display System and a reconfigured nine-place interior with wider seats, LED lighting, and veneer cabinetry.
The standard configuration of the jet now includes over $600,000 worth of features that were previously optional on the Excel, with first customer deliveries expected around mid-year.

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Cessna has launched its latest Citation, the XLS, an update of the company’s popular Excel. The XLS features the same fuselage as the Excel and its straight wing for excellent short-field performance, but it adds the new Pratt & Whitney PW545B engines, which provide 3,991 pounds of thrust apiece, an increase of 4.9 percent over the Excel. At maximum takeoff weight, the XLS can climb directly to 45,000 feet in 25 minutes and cruise at 428 knots.

Also new with the XLS is the Honeywell Primus Epic 1000 Control Display System (CDS), which features a trio of eight-by-ten LCDs. The menus of the displays are controlled through a cursor-control device through drop down menus.