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Cessna’s Newest Entry-level Light Jet Nears Certification
With the new light M2, Cessna is targeting Citation Mustang owners who want to move up to something more capable, plus it allows Cessna to compete for buyers who are considering the Embraer Phenom 100 or Honda Aircraft HondaJet, which like the M2 is equipped with Garmin’s G3000 flight deck.
With the new light M2, Cessna is targeting Citation Mustang owners who want to move up to something more capable, plus it allows Cessna to compete for buyers who are considering the Embraer Phenom 100 or Honda Aircraft HondaJet, which like the M2 is equipped with Garmin’s G3000 flight deck.

Cessna Aircraft is looking to beat back encroaching entry-level light jet competition with its new M2. But can a nearly 25-year-old fuselage design do the trick? The market is about to find out. The new Citation M2, a refreshed version of the company’s smallest Model 525–the CitationJet–is nearing certification. A demonstration model is on display here on the NBAA static line.