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NetJets has taken delivery of a Cessna Citation Latitude, a demonstrator that will be used to help NetJets introduce the new airplane to potential customers. Starting in June, NetJets will take delivery of the first of as many as 150 of the bizjet model to be added to the fractional’s growing fleet. NetJets will use […]

The Cessna Citation jet series has one less family member as the Citation CJ2+ is no longer in production, and is no longer listed under the Citation business jet line-up. According to Aviation International News, a Textron Aviation spokeswoman confirmed that other models like the Citation M2 and CJ3+ were a “great fit for our […]

BendixKing is bringing its AeroVue retrofit cockpit to select Cessna Citation and King Air models through a partnership with Sabreliner Aviation. The agreement calls for Sabreliner to provide certification, installations and service for AeroVue cockpits in the Cessna Citation V, Encore and Ultra, as well as the King Air C90. AeroVue was previously announced for […]

Rockwell Collins announced at NBAA’s Business Aircraft Convention and Exposition the addition of the Cessna Citation CJ series of light business jets to the growing list of platforms to be retrofitted with its Pro Line Fusion touch screen avionics suite. Rockwell Collins partnered with Duncan Aviation, which will initially start with an STC retrofit for […]

Textron Aviation appeared to have brought along the weather from its base in Wichita, Kansas for yesterday’s press briefing at Henderson Executive Airport in advance of the opening day of NBAA’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas. Cold, blustery conditions rattled the tent at the company’s massive display where president and CEO Scott […]

On August 6, two pilots and five passengers aboard a Wheels Up Citation Excel XLS were in for a scare when the door swung open as the plane climbed to 2,000 feet. “The door is hanging and uh… passengers… I think they’re okay but they’re gonna be pretty upset,” the pilot said in recorded correspondence […]

Following recent successful transcontinental missions, the newly FAA-certified Cessna Citation Latitude, with a range of 2,850 nautical miles, demonstrated its first trans-Pacific flight this week, between the Santa Barbara, California (KSBA) and Maui, Hawaii (PHOG). “With certification achieved, we see the Citation Latitude demonstrating its impressive capabilities and performance during common customer missions,” said Kriya […]

Cessna’s Citation Latitude business twinjet has achieved FAA type certification, clearing the way for deliveries to start later this summer as parent company Textron Aviation continues a rapid succession of new airplane introductions in the last year and a half. Based on the Citation Sovereign type certificate but featuring big changes just about everywhere from […]

When the economic downturn of 2007 struck, there were several bizjet segments that took a hit. Surprisingly, the largest cabin jets seemed not only immune to the crisis but to thrive on the turmoil. The sales of most light jets got knocked for a loop, but it was the midsize segment that spun out of […]

This midsize beauty puts Cessna’s legendary marque on a new midsize world.