Posted on 4/23/2019
China’s Flight Inspection Center (CFIC), part of CAAC, signed an agreement yesterday with Textron Aviation’s joint venture with Avic for eight new Cessna Citation XLS+ business jets. Delivery of CFIC’s eight XLS+ jets, ordered from Cessna-Avic Aircraft (Zhuhai) Co., will take place between 2019 and 2021.
The CFIC will fly the new jets, which will be fitted with additional special equipment, along with its existing fleet of Citation 560XLs on flight inspection duty. This includes “inspection and certification missions for the communication, navigation, radar, and flight programs of newly built airports, as well as to perform regular flight inspection missions for airports...