Flashbulbs popped and gasps of admiration punctuated the air as a Cessna Citation CJ2+ Business Jet touched down at Hosur airfield in the south of Bangalore on May 3. On a tour to India to entice prospective customers, the aircraft had arrived from Singapore piloted by Mike Walton and John D. Lewis.

Present on the occasion were Michael McGreevy, Director of Sales, Citation Marketing Division; Sameer Rehman, Singapore-based Director, International Finance, Asia Pacific, Cessna Finance Corporation; and Air Commodore B. Banerjee, Indian representative of US-based Textron, owners of Cessna. Proprietor of Hosur airfield Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd is the authorised sales representative and service facility of Cessna Aircraft Company (CAC) in India.

The cessna citation cj2+

A low cost light business jet, the Cessna Citation CJ2+ was built upon one of the most popular and successful Cessna models in this category—the Citation CJ2. Cessna delivered the first Citation CJ2 in November 2000 and its successor the CJ2+ in April 2006.

Cessna Citation models in the light jet category are priced between $2.8 million (Rs 11.2 crore) and $9.5 million (Rs 38 crore). Those in the mid-size category range between $12 million (Rs 48 crore) and $22 million (Rs 88 crore). The new Citation model Columbus in the super mid-size jet category is under development and estimated to be priced at approximately $28 million (Rs 112 crore).