Cessna to adorn Lankan skies

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THE Cessna Aircraft Company having sold and delivered more aircraft than anyone else in history – 190,000 and counting – is the world’s leading general aviation manufacturer which produces a family of single engine piston propeller aircraft, several versions of the world’s most popular single engine utility turboprop (known as the ‘Caravan’) as well as a family of twin engine business jet aircraft all known as ‘Citations’.

Cessna’s success is derived from focusing on efficient designs driven from customers needs and is supported by a worldwide network of facilities and engineers.

From domestic travel to scenic flight seeing, Cessna has a family of models for different tour missions. While the Cessna Grand Caravan can land and take off on short runaway strips whether its grass, gravel and even on a dirt track, the Cessna Amphibian has the ability to land and take off from both land and water, making it the ideal aircraft for water operations.

On the other hand, the Cessna Citation business jets, which are the largest and most widely flown business jets ever, lets you travel in speed and style with paramount luxury. The Cessna Citation X is the fastest operational civilian jet in the world.

Cessna also has training schools in convenient locations with world’s best trained instructors and innovative computer-based technology to help you learn to fly in the world’s greatest aircraft, Cessna’s forgiving, reliable airplanes and jets.

Be it the piston aircrafts, Caravans or the Citations, the Cessna Aircraft Company manufactures a whole range of aircraft that suits the need of any aircraft operator. The fact that the Cessna aircraft are used by many renowned aircraft and charter operators around the world is clear proof of their versatility.

For many of them, Cessna is a must have aircraft in their fleet. Air Safaris-New Zealand, Susiair - Indonesia, Glacier Air – Canada, Air Grand Canyon – USA, Seawings –Dubai, Grand Baltics –Latvia and Aviation Tourism – Australia are some of the many operators that use Cessna aircrafts in their fleet.

With the end of the 30-year war that plagued the country, Sri Lanka is now witnessing a boom in the tourism industry with more than 950,000 tourists expected to visit the country this year. The tourism and air transport industry goes hand in hand and the local domestic aviation industry too has been picking up steam.

Thus the day that Cessnas would be flying across the Sri Lankan skies won’t be too far.