Cessna Citation XLS

Isabel Goyer

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

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Key Takeaways:

The Cessna Citation XLS updates the Excel with new Pratt & Whitney PW545B engines, providing increased thrust and improved performance, allowing it to climb to 45,000 feet in 25 minutes and cruise at 428 knots.
It features an upgraded avionics suite, the Honeywell Primus Epic 1000 Control Display System, utilizing a trio of eight-by-ten LCDs.
The nine-place interior has been enhanced with wider seats, LED lighting, veneer cabinetry, and includes over $600,000 worth of previously optional features as standard.
FAA certification is anticipated soon, with first customer deliveries expected around the middle of the 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.