Press Release

Issued by Cessna Textron Aviation.

May 19, 2008

Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has begun a major customer support initiative to nearly double Citation parts inventories at the company's Paris Citation Service Center and at all authorized service facilities throughout Europe.

"This inventory expansion initiative will be a major boost in our constant effort to enhance support of the more than 930 Citations in the region," said Cessna Senior Vice President, Customer Service Mark Paolucci.

The first phase of the initiative has been successfully implemented within the North American Cessna Citation Service Center network and is part of the company's global strategy to improve inventory availability supporting Citation operators. Citation owners and operators will benefit from improved inventory holdings, part number forecasting and stock-on-hand visibility across the network of European service facilities.

The new global inventory distribution optimizes efficiencies within the Citation parts and service center networks to ensure that all customer support locations operate seamlessly to meet customer needs. In the event a Citation customer experiences an AOG event, this transformation places the right parts in the right location at the right time, minimizing operator downtime.