Cessna Aircraft delivered the first Citation CJ4 on April 15, just a month after obtaining type approval for the light twinjet from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. It went to an unnamed U.S.-based customer and was also the first Citation delivered with Cessna’s newly released GreenTrak flight planning software, which uses cost indexing to minimize total trip cost by balancing the costs of direct operation, fuel burn and carbon emissions.
While European customers can see and touch the newest member of the CJ series here at EBACE, they won’t be able to take delivery of their business jets until at least the first quarter of next year, following expected approval by the European Aviation Safety Agency in October. The U.S. certification for the CJ4 includes single-pilot operations and a common pilot type rating with the other CJs–the CJ1+, CJ2+ and CJ3–something Cessna senior vice president of engineering Dave Brandt said the company plans to replicate with the European approval.
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