Press Release

Issued by Cessna Textron Aviation.

October 6, 2008

The Customer Services team at Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has named Wallan Aviation in Riyadh as an Authorized Citation Service Center for the Middle East. 

The certification for Wallan, a long-time Cessna Authorized Sales Representative, applies to all 500-series Citations. 

"Capt. Saad Wallan brings considerable Citation expertise to our service network and will be a key partner in this very important region of the world," said Mark Paolucci, Cessna senior vice president, Customer Service. "Our Gulf States customers now have access to local service from a top aviation company." 

The announcement comes on the heels of other key Customer Service announcements made this week at the National Business Aviation Association annual convention here. The company also named TANEJA Aerospace & Aviation Ltd. in Bangalore, India as an authorized service station, and Kinch Aviation in Nottinghamshire, U.K. as an authorized service station. 

Cessna also announced this week it is opening a new company-owned Citation Service Center in Spain.