Textron Aviation’s Cessna Citation CJ4, CJ4 Gen2 and CJ4 Gen3 are a twin-engine business jets produced by the Wichita, Kansas-based manufacturer that…

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Textron Aviation’s Cessna Citation Latitude is a business jet that is produced by the Wichita, Kansas-based manufacturer. Announced on Oct. 10, 2011, at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), this Citation made its first flight on Feb. 18, 2014, from the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport. Subsequently, FAA certification of the Latitude—which is the commercial designation of Textron Aviation’s Model 680A—was received on June 5, 2015, ahead of the first delivery in August 2015 to a U.S.-based customer.

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The PC-24 is a twin-engine business jet produced by Swiss manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft that made its first flight on May 11, 2015—a flight that was performed by an airframe registered as HB-VXA (prototype P01)—and was subsequently certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Dec. 7, 2017. An upgraded version of the PC-24 was announced in October 2023 that increased the maximum and full-fuel payloads, as well as the six-passenger maximum range.

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The HondaJet is a twin-engine business jet produced by Greensboro, North Carolina-based Honda Aircraft Co. An experimental HondaJet first flew on Dec. 3, 2003, with the HA-420 type receiving FAA approval on Dec. 8, 2015, and the first delivery taking place on Dec. 23, 2015. Improved versions of the HondaJet were introduced in 2018 (HondaJet Elite), 2021 (HondaJet Elite S) and 2022 (HondaJet Elite II), all of which are commercial designations for the HA-420 type. A larger HondaJet that is “capable of nonstop transcontinental flight across the United States” was announced on Oct. 12, 2021, an airframe that was designated at the time as the HondaJet 2600 Concept. Subsequently given the HondaJet Echelon name in October 2023, it is expected that this HondaJet—which the company has said will be “offered alongside the HondaJet Elite II”—will make its first flight in 2026.