Aircraft
Cessna lengthens its order backlog in the Middle East
Cessna announced yesterday that its authorized sales representative for the region, Wallan Aviation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has placed an order for 25 air

Cessna announced yesterday that its authorized sales representative for the region, Wallan Aviation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has placed an order for 25 airplanes valued at $110 million. Eleven are Citation business jets and the rest single-engine airplanes, 10 of which Wallan will use for a flight school it plans to establish in Riyadh next year.

The order mix includes three Sovereigns, one each of the Citation X, XLS+, CJ3 and CJ2+ models, four Mustangs, 10 turbo-diesel Skyhawks and four light-sport SkyCatchers. The diesel-powered Skyhawk has attracted considerable interest since its launch last month from buyers around the world. Cessna notched an order here at the Dubai Air Show for 10 Skyhawk TDs from Ethiopian Airlines, which will use the airplanes for ab initio pilot training.