Third aircraft joins the flight test fleet and full assembly line flow commences WICHITA, Kan. (March 20, 2017) – Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced that the third aircraft in the Cessna Citation Longitude flight test program recently completed its first flight. Test pilots Corey Eckhart and UJ Pesonen, along with […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (July 25, 2016) – Just one year after announcing it would bring a clean-sheet design single engine turboprop (SETP) to market, Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today unveiled the Cessna Denali. A mockup of the aircraft’s cabin sits alongside a mockup of GE Aviation’s all new advanced turboprop engineat Textron […]
São José dos Campos, Brazil, October 21, 2014 – Embraer’s Legacy 500 executive jet today was granted FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) certification during a ceremony at the National Business Aviation Association Conference and Exhibition, in Orlando, Florida. This approval enables entry into service of the aircraft in the United States and in countries that require […]
WICHITA, Kan., September 5, 2014 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today it received type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for the Cessna Citation CJ3+. Certification, awarded Thursday, comes less than six months after the company introduced the new model in March. […]
Washington, DC, Oct. 11, 2013 – The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has released its new Federal Excise Taxes Guide: Details on Air Transportation and Fuel Taxes. Last published in 2005 as the NBAA Federal Excise Tax Handbook, the guide is intended to provide business aircraft owners, flight departments and charter operators with a basic […]
PREMIER JET AVIATION JOINS INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP USING $1.00 AVGAS TO FUEL RESEARCH How does fuel price really influence aviation activity? This October, a group of companies will use the Skyport aviation laboratory, in San Marcos, Texas, to find out. San Marcos, TX (August 29, 2013) –. “This experiment isn’t about the cost of avgas,” says […]
SANDPOINT, ID June 6, 2013 – Tamarack Aerospace Group announced today that it has set a new unofficial world record with its Cessna 525 Citation Jet equipped with its Active Winglet™ Technology. The non-stop flight took place between Sandpoint Airport in Sandpoint, ID (KSZT) and the Westchester County Airport in White Plains, NY (KHPN). The […]
WICHITA, Kan., Sep 26, 2013 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, is today celebrating the successful completion of the wing mate on the Citation Latitude first test article. This achievement is another program milestone for the Latitude as it approaches its first prototype flight expected in the first quarter of 2014. The […]
Beijing, China, September 10, 2013 – Embraer Executive Jets presented its China Executive Aviation Market Outlook 2014-2023 during the press conference held today at the Chinese International Business Aviation Show (CIBAS) 2013, in Beijing, China. The Company forecasts that a total of 805 executive jets will be demanded by the Chinese market over the next […]
WICHITA, Kan., Aug 1, 2013 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, is celebrating another program milestone for the world’s fastest civilian aircraft, the Citation X. The first production unit of the new Citation X took its maiden flight this week, marking another step closer to certification and delivery of the remarkable […]