EBACE 2011: Cessna Upbeat About Citation Prospects
Cessna Aircraft yesterday offered an upbeat assessment of the future prospects for its Citation jets and reported ongoing progress with the new CJ4 and

Cessna Aircraft yesterday offered an upbeat assessment of the future prospects for its Citation jets and reported ongoing progress with the new CJ4 and Citation Ten models.

The first flight of the Citation Ten, announced last year at the NBAA convention in Atlanta, is planned by the end of this year. The Citation CJ4, which made its European debut at EBACE last year, is nearing type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). “We expect imminent certification with EASA–if we’re lucky, even as this show is going on,” said Mark Paolucci, Cessna senior vice president for sales and marketing.