Revolutionary Cessna Citation Longitude
Overall, the aircraft industry reported a decline in business jets and airplanes delivered during the third quarter of 2016. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) reported that 534 business aircrafts were shipped during that quarter, compared to the 542 that were shipped in the third quarter of 2015.
However, there is one aviation company that is defying the trend. Textron Aviation has actually seen an increase in shipment of their Cessna aircrafts. In the third quarter of 2015 Cessna shipped 110 aircraft worth $452.9 million, while this year during the corresponding period Cessna raised that number to 129 aircraft worth $492.4 million.
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Among those 129 aircraft this year, Cessna shipped at least 8 of their newest jet in their Citation line. Textron hopes to see this number rise even higher in the 2017 statistics with the release of another revolutionary member of the Citation family, the Citation Longitude.
The Citation Longitude is a super mid-size jet designed and carefully crafted to bring change to the world of business aviation. This model offers revolutionary performance, avionics, stunning interior, and customizability, which gives you more range, greater payload and higher cruise speed at a lower total ownership cost.
Revolutionary Performance
This aircraft is powered by two Honeywell HTF7700L turbofan engines. The Citation Longitude will also offer industry-leading fuel efficiency. As reported by the experimental test pilots, Ed Wenninger and Stuart Rogerson after embarking on the Longitude’s first test flight, this jet has remarkable takeoff and cruise efficiencies.
Avionics
This aircraft provides pilots with complete touch-screen control navigation and communication systems with the next evolution of the Garmin™ G5000™ flight deck. The Citation Longitude is also steering the industry move to the most advanced on-board diagnostic system, LinxUsTM. This system functions as a fault-isolation system that monitors the aircraft 100 percent of the time and reports issues upon landing with a Wifi connection in real time. It also reports issues in flight via satellite resulting in faster actionable answers and turnaround time.
The Citation Longitude comes fully equipped with the following features
- Fully integrated autothrottles
- Three large 14-inch glass displays
- Four touch-screen controllers
- Garmin synthetic vision system (SVT™)
- Synoptics for key systems
- Industry-leading diagnostics
- In-flight diagnostics reporting
- ACARS – VHF
Interior
The interior in this aircraft has been carefully designed to maximize comfort and efficiency. The seats are the largest Citation seats for business travel created for a larger cabin room with more leg room and a fully extendable table area. The in-flight baggage compartment allows for quick, easy access to your belongings. Overall, the general environment in the interior of this aircraft is designed to carry you on a relaxing journey to your destination.
Customizable
There are a few variations of cabin designs and color schemes to choose from.
Your cabin options
– Standard with a sink area
– 2 Place couch in place of the sink
– Large couch replacing two seats
– Side-facing seat in place of sink area
Your color options
- Black edition: black leather
- Carnegie: neutral palette
- Hyde Park: blue and silver
- Silver Frost: neutral blonde silk and silver
- Bisque: darker neutrals
- French Roast: grey