Aircraft
After Long Wait, Citation Longitude Enters Service
At last year's NBAA Convention, NetJets agreed to purchase up to 175 of Cessna's new super-midsize jet.
Paul (Vu) Nguyen, acting manager of the FAA's Wichita ACO branch, presents Textron Aviation CEO Ron Draper with the Citation Longitude's type certificate. (Photo: Textron Aviation)
Paul (Vu) Nguyen, acting manager of the FAA's Wichita ACO branch, presents Textron Aviation CEO Ron Draper with the Citation Longitude's type certificate. (Photo: Textron Aviation)

More than four years after its unveiling at the 2015 NBAA Convention in Las Vegas, Textron Aviation’s Cessna Citation Longitude received its long-awaited type certification on September 21 followed by entry into service on October 2. “The newly certified Citation Longitude brings unrivaled technology to the business travel market, for both the passenger and the pilot, offering our customers the most efficient and productive super-midsize jet now in operation,” said Textron Aviation president and CEO Ron Draper. “We are thrilled to now transition this program into service.”