Wed, Sep 05, 2007
EASA-Certified Light Jet Popular With Euro-Customers
Cessna Aircraft Company tells ANN entrepreneur Jane Howell has
become the first European customer to take delivery of a Citation
Mustang entry level business jet.
"This is a significant day for Cessna," said Trevor Esling, vice
president, international sales, for Cessna. "The Mustang is ideally
suited to the European market place and one third of our current
order book is from European customers."
The Citation Mustang became the first of a new category of
entry-level jets to achieve both full US Federal Aviation
Administration type certification (September 8, 2006) and European
Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification (May 21, 2007).
The six-place Citation Mustang has a top speed of 340 ktas
(nearly 400 miles per hour), a range of 1,150 nautical miles (1,323
statute miles/2,130km NBAA IFR Reserves) and a service ceiling of
41,000 feet well suited for getting above most weather and
commercial traffic.
"When Cessna announced the Citation Mustang, I saw it as the
perfect opportunity for me to move up from my turboprop aircraft to
a jet," said Howell. "One of the most important factors was the
customer support and service capabilities that I knew I could
expect in Europe from Cessna's service organization."
Cessna has booked more than 350 orders for the aircraft and has
delivered 24 Mustangs from the Independence, KS facility since
deliveries began earlier this year. The company is on track to
deliver 44 aircraft in 2007 and plans to ramp up production to 150
Mustangs per year by 2009.
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