Cessna plans to deliver its first Citation CJ1 business jet on 1 April, less than two months after the CitationJet replacement was granted full US certification. The $3.4 million entry-level aircraft features a 90kg (200lb) boost in gross weight compared with the CitationJet, a moderate increase in range, and Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics system. Cessna says the CJ1 "has sold out until to July 2001", which represents an order backlog of about 85 aircraft.
Source: Flight International
US firm Sierra Nevada (SNC) has been awarded a $170 million contract to deliver two Rapcon-X surveillance aircraft to the Finnish Border Guard.
Turkish business jet charter company Air Sapphire has been heavily fined by the US government for flying a Gulfstream GIV to Russia without authorisation.
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