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The final production Cessna Citation Mustang has rolled off the assembly line and will be delivered in the coming weeks, Textron Aviation announced today. More than 470 of the entry-level jets were delivered during its 12-year production run.
“The Mustang has been at very low rates of production for a few years,” JetNet iQ managing director Rollie Vincent told AIN. “Textron has continued its focus up-market on more lucrative models, and the M2 has been generating solid sales volumes and certainly provides Textron with an attractive and competitive entry point into the Citation family. It was a tough call to make to end Mustang production, but it’s not a very profitable use of scarce resources to keep the line open. It is also tough to manage supply chains with so many disparate product lines at such low volume rates of production.”
Textron Aviation senior vice president of sales and marketing Rob Scholl confirmed that the M2 is now the company’s entry-level jet going forward. “We remain dedicated to developing new products and providing solutions that matter to our customers,” he said. “The Citation M2 is a great example of this, and we believe it will carry on the legacy as the entry-level jet that pilots want and need.”
Kriya Shortt, the company’s senior vice president of customer service, reiterated that, while production has ended, support for the very light twinjet has not. “Mustang customers can continue to expect the highest level of service through maintenance, parts and support solutions from our customer service organization,” she said.
The M2 was introduced in 2013 and, to date, nearly 150 of them have been delivered to customers around the world.
The final production Cessna Citation Mustang has rolled off the assembly line and will be delivered in the coming weeks, Textron Aviation announced on May 11. Cessna built 470 of the entry-level jets during the type's 12-year production run.
The Mustang received FAA certification on Sept. 8, 2006, just weeks before the Eclipse 500 received full FAA certification on September 30, at a time when there were wide expectations of a burgeoning VLJ market. Cessna chose the Garmin G1000 flight deck for the Mustang, then before the Mustang entered production, it replaced the older-style instrument panels in its single-engine models with G1000 systems, thereby carving a distinct upgrade pathway for pilots who would eventually want to move up to a Cessna jet.
“The Mustang has been at very low rates of production for a few years,” JetNet iQ managing director Rollie Vincent told AIN. “Textron has continued its focus up-market on more lucrative models, and the M2 has been generating solid sales volumes and certainly provides Textron with an attractive and competitive entry point into the Citation line. It was a tough call to end Mustang production, but it’s not a profitable use of scarce resources to keep the line open. It is also tough to manage supply chains with so many disparate product lines at such low volume rates of production.”
During the first quarter of this year, Textron Aviation delivered two Mustangs; it handed over 10 last year. The company delivered eight M2s in this year's first quarter and 38 last year.
Textron Aviation senior vice president of sales and marketing Rob Scholl confirmed that the M2 is now the company’s entry-level jet. “We remain dedicated to developing new products that matter to our customers,” he said. “The Citation M2 is a great example of this, and we believe it will carry on the legacy as the entry-level jet that pilots want and need.”
Kriya Shortt, the company’s senior vice president of customer service, reiterated that, while production has ended, support for the very light twinjet has not. “Mustang customers can continue to expect the highest level of service through maintenance, parts and support from our customer service organization,” she said.
The M2 was introduced in 2013, and nearly 150 have been delivered to customers around the world.