Besides a glass cockpit based on the Honeywell Primus 1000 EFIS avionics suite, the XLS featured the upgraded PW545B engines with increased performance. The Citation XLS was the first "makeover" that the Excel received, with deliveries beginning in 2004. A total of 308 were built before production switched to the Citation XLS. By the time the 100th Excel was delivered in August 2000, an aircraft was coming off the Wichita production line every three days. Federal Aviation Administration certification was granted in April 1998, by which time Cessna had over 200 orders for the aircraft. The project was announced at the annual NBAA convention in October, 1994, and the prototype aircraft took off on its first flight on February 29, 1996.
With the success of Cessna's high-end Citation VII, the manufacturer saw a market for an aircraft with the Citation X's features but aimed at a more traditional market, where it would chiefly compete with twin- turboprop aircraft. The Excel is part of the Citation family.
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The XLS 2004 update had upgraded engines and a glass cockpit and the 2008 XLS+ had upgraded engines and a revised nose. The 2,100 nmi-range (3,900 km), 20,200 lb (9,200 kg) MTOW jet is powered by two 3,650–4,080 lbf (16.2–18.1 kN) PW500 turbofans, has the Citation V (560) cruciform tail and unswept supercritical wing of 370 sq ft (34 m²), and the Citation X stand-up cabin slightly shortened. The Cessna Citation Excel is an American midsize business jet built by Cessna.Īnnounced in October 1994, the Model 560XL first flew on February 29, 1996, certification was granted in April 19 have been delivered. Short description: Medium-sized business jetĬessna 560XL Citation Excel in landing configuration