JetAlliance CEO Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer signed a contract here yesterday for 25 Cessna Citations valued at $280 million. Some of the aircraft will be used by Austrian Business Jet, a new operation launched on Monday by JetAlliance and Austrian Airlines to integrate regional private jet and intercontinental airline travel.
Based in Oberwaltersdorf, near Vienna, JetAlliance already has 22 Cessnas, with another 22 due for delivery this year and 25 more slated for next. The latest order–involving one CJ1+, six CJ2+s, five CJ3s, three XLS+s, one Sovereign, two Citation Xs and seven Citation Mustangs–are due to join the fleet starting in 2009.
“We are very proud to be a partner of Cessna,” said Lichtner-Hoyer. “We have a unique product that provides not just an airplane but also the operating package, financing and maintenance. That is very important for opening up the booming Eastern market.”
