Cessna To Also Build XLS+ Twinjets in China
William Schultz (left), Cessna’s senior vice president for business development in China, and Qu Jingwen, general manager of Avic’s Caiga division, sealed a new joint-venture agreement yesterday at Airshow China 2012 in Zhuhai.
William Schultz (left), Cessna’s senior vice president for business development in China, and Qu Jingwen, general manager of Avic’s Caiga division, sealed a new joint-venture agreement yesterday at Airshow China 2012 in Zhuhai.

Cessna firmed up its plans to build business jets in China by sealing a joint venture with China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Company Ltd. (Caiga) to assemble and sell Citation XLS+ twinjets for the Chinese market. The deal, announced yesterday at Airshow China 2012 in Zhuhai, builds on the strategic agreement that Cessna signed with Caiga’s parent company, Aviation Industry Corp. of China (Avic), in March to produce Citation Sovereigns and Latitudes in China for this market. And in May, Cessna signed a deal with Caiga and the Shijiazhuang Municipal Government that lays the groundwork for final assembly of Caravans in China for the Chinese market.