Sat, Jun 21, 2008
Cessna is scarfing up big bucks
North of the Border at the 47th annual Canadian Business Aviation
Association convention and trade show, an order from Execaire for
nine Citations. The order consists of four Citation Mustangs, three
Citation Sovereigns, and two Citations XLS+ aircraft. Canada-based
Execaire, one of North America's oldest corporate aircraft
companies, has managed maintained and operated aircraft for more
than 40 years. Execaire is an authorized Cessna sales
representative, parts distributor and Citation Service Center with
facilities at Toronto's Lester Pearson International Airport.
"Execaire really knows the Canadian market, so this order is a
good indication of the strength of business aviation in the
country," said Todd Duhnke, Cessna director, International Sales.
"More and more Canadian businesses are seeing Citation business
aircraft as a tool to really enhance productivity, allowing
employees to travel to where they want to go, not to just where the
airlines travel, and to set their flight schedules based on
individual business needs.
"Citations are particularly well suited for Canadian operations
as they can use almost all of the airports in Canada, many in
remote locations and many as short as 3,500 feet," Duhnke said.
Deliveries of the aircraft are expected to begin in 2010.
The Citation models ordered represent three best-selling Cessna
business jet models. The Citation Mustang recently surpassed the
500 order mark. Cessna is expected to deliver about 100 Mustangs in
2008 and ramp up to about 150 deliveries in 2009.
The Citation XLS+ is the latest version of the Cessna's
'best-selling' business jet. The XLS+ version received FAA
certification in May. The Citation Sovereign is one of Cessna's
largest aircraft and has enjoyed operational success in every part
of the world.
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