Aircraft
Textron Aviation Looks To Ramp Service In Europe
New Textron Aviation CEO Ron Draper also putting greater emphasis on sustaining engineering of company's installed fleet.
Textron Aviation CEO Ron Draper told AIN he expects entry into service of the Cessna Citation Longitude in the third quarter of 2019. (Photo: Textron Aviation)
Textron Aviation CEO Ron Draper told AIN he expects entry into service of the Cessna Citation Longitude in the third quarter of 2019. (Photo: Textron Aviation)

Textron Aviation came to Europe with new CEO Ron Draper, who’s looking to ramp up the manufacturer of Cessna and Beechcraft airplanes’ service capabilities in the region and place greater emphasis on its legacy Citation jet line. Draper, who assumed the chief executive role from Scott Ernest in October 2018, is a 20-year veteran of Textron Inc., including 15 years at Cessna and Textron Aviation. The former Army Blackhawk helicopter pilot and West Point graduate was most recently senior v-p of integrated supply chain.