Textron Aviation celebrates the EASA certification and first European customer for the XLS Gen2. Left to right: Senior Textron Aviation technical marketing advisor Graeme Anderson, Textron Aviation regional sales director Harduin Putrich, first XLS Gen2 European customer Hubert Lindenthaler, account manager and chief pilot of Porsche Air Service Gmbh, Textron Aviation senior vice president of Global Sales and Flight Operations Lannie O’Bannion, and Textron Aviation senior vice president of Customer Service Christi Tannahill.
The Cessna Citation XLS Gen2 has received EASA type certification less than a month after getting a nod from the FAA and beginning deliveries in the United States. The first European delivery of the XLS Gen2 is scheduled in the coming weeks to Porsche Air Service GmbH of Salzburg, Austria.
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Textron Aviation first showcased its Gen2 configurations at NBAA-BACE last October, making the announcement on day two of EBACE a fitting full-circle moment for the jet.
The Cessna Citation XLS Gen2 is the latest model of the Citation 560XL midsize business jet series, which began with the introduction of the Citation Excel in 1998.
More than 1,000 560XLs have been delivered over the last 25 years.
“Achieving this milestone delivery with Porsche Air Service – a company that embodies innovative engineering and design, high-end craftsmanship, a legendary heritage and a reputation for high-performance product investments – demonstrates how perfectly aligned the features, quality and performance of the XLS Gen2 are with the priorities of our customers,” said Lannie O’Bannion, senior vice president, Global Sales and Flight Operations for Textron Aviation. “This will pave the way for deliveries of the XLS Gen2 throughout Europe.”
The Citation XLS Gen2 will be added to Porsche Air Service’s charter fleet, which includes a Cessna Citation XLS+. This is the 22nd Citation aircraft flown by the charter company.
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