Press Release

Issued by Cessna Textron Aviation.

April 24, 2013

Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, brought their newest single-engine products to showcase to the European market at this week's AERO Friedrichshafen general aviation trade show. The TTx and the Grand Caravan EX are on display in the show's exhibit hall for the duration of the 21st annual trade show.

Announced last summer, the Grand Caravan EX has outpaced what was expected of the aircraft, and now offers operators a 38 percent improvement in the rate of climb over the Grand Caravan. This figure outstrips the initial 20 percent improvement goals set by aircraft designers. The aircraft has an appeal to "high and hot" operators in many remote parts of the world. This is a key adaptation for the aircraft, allowing for missions in more remote, mountainous areas. Cessna is working towards Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI) certification for the EX, and expects this to occur in early May.

"The EX has so much more power than you would expect. It is something you have to experience to really get the full effect," said Lannie O'Bannion, business leader for the Cessna Grand Caravan EX. "We have had many owner/operators take the left seat and just be amazed by how much more they can do with that additional horsepower. We like to call it the sport utility aircraft, as it has shown itself to be the ideal solution for safely getting people or cargo into places other aircraft simply cannot go."