Wed, Dec 10, 2014
First Time To Exhibit At The Middle East Business Aviation Conference
Textron Aviation is exhibiting its Cessna Citation Sovereign+ and Citation M2 for the first time in Dubai at this year’s Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) conference from Dec. 8-10, representing the company’s continued investment in new products to serve operators in the region and throughout the world.
In addition to the Citations, Textron Aviation is featuring two turboprops at MEBA: a Beechcraft Special Mission King Air 350ER and a King Air 250.
“Our Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker brands have been and remain strong throughout the Middle East, particularly in the Gulf states,” said Bill Harris, vice president, Sales. “The Citation Sovereign+ and Citation M2 are the latest in a string of newly certified Citations introduced in the past year that have garnered significant interest throughout the region.”
Textron Aviation companies support a fleet of approximately 125 business jets in the Middle East and a similar number of turboprops for business and special mission applications. Harris said that while larger jets have traditionally been most popular for business travel within the region, newly developed and efficient light jets such as the Citation CJ3+, CJ4, M2 and Mustang are gaining wider attention for both business travel and pilot training roles.
Both the Citation Sovereign+ and the Citation M2 were certified by the FAA in December 2013 and by EASA in June 2014. In addition, Textron Aviation has gained certification for two other new business jets in the past year – the Citation X+ and Citation CJ3+. Cessna is also developing the Citation Latitude, which first flew in February and is expected to obtain FAA type certification in the second quarter of 2015.
More than 6,600 Citations have been delivered to customers around the world since the first Cessna Citation business jet was put into service in 1972. Citations are the largest fleet of business jets in the world and have surpassed 30 million flight hours.
(Images from file)
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