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Cessna Sets Industry Record with 1,000th European Citation Delivery WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 16,
2008 - Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, this
week became the first business aircraft manufacturer to achieve a European
fleet size of 1,000 jets, with the delivery of a Citation XLS to Turkish
charter operator BONAIR. BONAIR president Ateş Hanibu was presented with the
aircraft in a ceremony yesterday at Cessna’s manufacturing facility in
Wichita, Kansas, by Cessna Chairman, President and CEO Jack J. Pelton,
Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Roger Whyte, and Vice President
of International Sales, Trevor Esling. BONAIR, which is based in Florya,
Istanbul, has operated Cessnas in its fleet for 22 years and considers
itself part of the Cessna family. BONAIR has added the Citation XLS to its
fleet to meet the rising demand for business aviation in Turkey. |
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