Horizontal Demand: European demand for Citation Latitude

Cessna Reports European Market Demand for Citation Latitude​

Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, said today at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) the company is seeing high levels of interest from Europe around the planned game-changing mid-size business jet, the Citation Latitude, scheduled to enter service in 2015.

Speaking at EBACE, Joe Hepburn, Cessna’s senior vice president, Customer Service, said: “We see the Citation Latitude playing a significant role in the continuing growth of the European mid-size business jet market. We are experiencing encouraging levels of interest in the aircraft, particularly from customers who already own or operate a mid-size Cessna Citation such as the Citation XLS+ and are planning future purchases. The logical next step is to buy a new, more advanced Citation and the Citation Latitude provides the perfect solution.”

Thress also highlighted the new 15% range extension for the Citation Latitude. The specifications of the Citation Latitude have been revised to increase maximum range from 2,000 to 2,300 nautical miles (3,704 to 4,259.6 kilometers). “The Latitude meets the evolving requirements of business travelers and offers non-stop flights from western European cities such as Geneva, London and Paris to key destinations including Cairo and Moscow,” Hepburn said.

Announced in October 2011, the Citation Latitude will offer Cessna’s widest-yet passenger cabin with stand-up access throughout the aircraft’s length of more than 16 feet. The Citation Latitude combines the payload, speed and range customers want with an unmatched cabin experience at a price point of $14.9 million in 2011 USD. Designed for a crew of two plus up to eight passengers, the aircraft will have a maximum altitude of 45,000 feet (13,716 meters) and a maximum cruise speed of 442 knots (819 kilometers per hour).

The Citation Latitude features the fully integrated Garmin G5000 avionics system and Clairity™, an intelligent cabin technology solution developed by Cessna in partnership with Dallas-based Heads Up Technologies. Clairity™ ties into the avionics system and integrates cabin electrical systems with data and communication sharing through a fiber-optic backbone. Cabin systems are controlled either through intuitive touch-screen user interfaces at each seat, or customers’ personal electronic devices.

For more information:

Cessna Aircraft Company
1 Cessna Blvd.
Wichita, KS 67215
www.cessna.com

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