“With the Citation fleet growing in the European market, we believe it’s the right time to step up our service levels for unplanned maintenance and AOG situations,” said Cessna’s Senior Vice President of Customer Service Mark Paolucci. “Within a year we will be offering the 24/7 level of service that Citation owners experience in North America.”

Mobile unplanned maintenance teams will travel throughout the region to minimize downtime for Citation owners and operators. The teams will respond to AOG situations, carry a specialized parts inventory and arrange for timely delivery of other parts as necessary.

“We are responding as quickly as we can within European Aviation Safety Agency requirements to establish the extra level of maintenance response that our Citation customers have come to expect,” Paolucci said.

Based on unit sales, Cessna Aircraft Company is the world’s largest manufacturer of general aviation airplanes. In 2007, Cessna delivered 1,272 aircraft, including 387 Citation business jets, and reported revenues of about $5 billion. Cessna has a current backlog of $14.5 billion. Since the company was originally established in 1927, some 190,000 Cessna airplanes have been delivered to nearly every country in the world. The global fleet of more than 5,100 Citations is the largest fleet of business jets in the world. More information about Cessna Aircraft Company is available at http://www.cessna.com.