Aircraft
With Deliveries Up, Cessna Preps for Longitude's NBAA Debut
Textron Aviation delivered 37 Citations and 29 King Airs during the quarter, compared with 33 Citations and 30 King Airs a year ago.

Third-quarter revenue at Textron Aviation rose $79 million, to $1.159 billion, from a year ago, thanks to more Cessna Citation shipments, while profits jumped by $45 million, to $107 million. The Textron subsidiary delivered 37 Citations and 29 King Airs during the quarter, compared with 33 Citations and 30 King Airs in the same period last year. Backlog as of September 30 was $1.4 billion, essentially unchanged from late June.