Safety
Safe and soundly built.
There are plenty of reasons why our Citation fleet of business jets has outsold the combined total of its competition. Many of which are the same reasons why we have sold more airplanes than anyone else in history. Sure, it’s exceptional performance and payload. Interior comfort, reliability and value. But it’s also about the peace of mind that comes standard with every Cessna aircraft. Because with the Citation fleet, and every aircraft we build at Cessna, safety is always at the forefront.
Off to a flying start.
Safety begins with a durable airframe. To prove its strength and reliability, the airframe is stress-tested five times the aircraft’s standard lifetime. Maybe that’s why Citation aircraft have logged more than 20 million flight hours, and taken off and landed more than 18 million times.
Cockpit commonality.
Climb into a Cessna and you'll notice a certain "rightness" to the flight deck, a sense of familiarity to the controls, and the ease of pilot operation. Move from one Cessna to another (even from a piston to a jet) and you feel confident, as if you've been there before. You should. Because each is the result of the precise and deliberate application of a design philosophy honed over decades, one based on a profound understanding of the way people fly. Nowhere is this more evident than on the flight deck, where we combine the latest thinking in human factors engineering, ergonomics and user experience design to create environments that make flying safer, simpler and more pleasurable.
Proven parts.
We have a saying around Cessna: “Any new part, structure or material has to earn its way onto our aircraft.” What that means for our customers is that your aircraft has been tested exhaustively to prove its durability and reliability. Take landing gear, for instance. It’s stress-tested to last five times its normal lifetime for every Citation model. Unnecessary? To some, perhaps. It’s just another example of our dedication to providing you some of the safest aircraft in the world.
