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NetJets Adds Its First Citation Ascends to Fleet
Fleet launch customer NetJets is initially taking delivery of three
Textron Aviation Cessna Citation Ascend
NetJets’ fleet of Cessna Citation Ascends is set to grow now that the fractional ownership provider has taken delivery of its first copy. © Textron Aviation

Textron Aviation has handed over the first batch of Cessna Citation Ascends to fleet launch customer NetJets, the Wichita airframer announced this morning. Delivery of a trio of the twinjets to the fractional provider comes six months after the newest member of the Citation family secured FAA certification. The latest in the venerable Citation XLS line, the Ascend entered service with an unidentified retail customer earlier this year.

NetJets, a long-time Textron Aviation customer, has operated a dozen different Citation models, including Ascend predecessors, over the past 40 years. In fact, the Citation S/II launched the service in 1986. The order for the Ascend came through a multiyear agreement placed in 2023 for up to 1,500 Citation Longitudes, Latitudes, and Ascends.