{"id":6241,"date":"2019-10-06T22:28:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T03:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6241"},"modified":"2019-10-06T22:44:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T03:44:42","slug":"cessna-citation-longitude-begins-production-deliveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6241","title":{"rendered":"Cessna Citation Longitude Begins Production Deliveries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WICHITA, Kansas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–\u00a0Textron Aviation Inc.<\/strong><\/a>, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT<\/a>) company, today announced the first deliveries of the company\u2019s new flagship\u00a0Cessna Citation Longitude\u00a0super-midsize business jet, signaling the start of a new dimension in business travel. The Longitude received FAA type certification on September 21, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191002005194\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d said Ron Draper, president and CEO. \u201cWe are thrilled to now transition this program into service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Longitude features the longest maintenance intervals in its class \u2013 800 hours or 18 months \u2013 and is the most cost-effective aircraft in its category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Longitude was designed around maximizing reliability and operational availability for our customers,\u201d said Kriya Shortt, senior vice president, Global Customer Support. \u201cThe Longitude\u2019s industry-leading on-board diagnostics system is backed by Textron Aviation\u2019s team of 3,000 customer service employees. Our expert technicians trained alongside the development of the program and are ready to support our customers wherever they are in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clean-sheet design of the Longitude integrates the latest technology throughout the aircraft, including the next evolution of the Garmin G5000 flight deck. The comfortable, bespoke interior of the Longitude has class-leading legroom, cabin sound levels that are nearly twice as quiet as the nearest competitor, a low cabin altitude of 5,950 feet and more standard features than all other competitors in this segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Citation Longitude 
<\/strong>With a range of 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 kilometers) and full fuel payload of 1,600 pounds (726 kilograms), the Citation Longitude is designed to elevate passenger expectations in the super-midsize class by delivering the quietest cabin, a low cabin altitude (5,950 feet\/1,814 meters), more standard features and a comfortable, bespoke interior. With seating for up to 12 passengers, including an optional crew jump seat, the Longitude features a stand-up, 6-foot tall flat-floor cabin. A standard double-club configuration delivers the most legroom in the super-midsize class. Fully berthable seats are designed and manufactured in-house and a spacious walk-in baggage compartment is accessible throughout the entire flight. State-of-the-art cabin technology enables passengers to manage their environment and entertainment from any mobile device, while high-speed internet maximizes in-flight productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clean-sheet design of the Longitude integrates the latest technology throughout the aircraft, bringing customers the lowest ownership cost in its class. It features the next evolution of the Garmin G5000 flight deck and is powered by FADEC-equipped Honeywell HTF7700L turbofan engines with fully integrated autothrottles with envelope protection. The spacious cockpit incorporates easier access and an ergonomic design that fully focuses on crew comfort and efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No super-midsize business jet offers more range, greater payload or higher cruise speed at a lower expected total ownership cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced the first deliveries of the company\u2019s new flagship Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize business jet, signaling the start of a new dimension in business travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4813,89,5804,3655,5637,5992,2203,5676,1397,868,1103],"tags":[160,988,1024,2168,694,695,7217,655,3590,3531,1782,1350,2406,7215,177,1671,3649,660,4551,3532,1915,589,5576,696,3526,6101,412,1685,940,639,4548,4549,7216,1055,2082,1817,3104,1093,455,1691,1658,4285,5575,4286],"class_list":["post-6241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airplane-news","category-aviation-news","category-avionics","category-business-jet-news","category-business-news","category-economic-news","category-finance-news","category-international-news","category-stock-news","category-transportation-news","category-travel-news","tag-aviation","tag-business","tag-ceo","tag-certification","tag-cessna","tag-citation","tag-clean","tag-company","tag-customer","tag-deck","tag-delivery","tag-design","tag-efficient","tag-enters","tag-faa","tag-first","tag-flagship","tag-flight","tag-g5000","tag-garmin","tag-global","tag-jet","tag-kansas","tag-longitude","tag-midsize","tag-multimedia","tag-news","tag-passenger","tag-pilot","tag-president","tag-press","tag-release","tag-ron-draper","tag-service","tag-sheet","tag-super","tag-support","tag-technology","tag-textron","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-type","tag-wichita","tag-wire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6244,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions\/6244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}