London Executive Aviation (LEA) has placed an order for five Citation Mustangs to be delivered between 2006 and 2008. The order is worth in the region of $12 million and is the largest single order for the aircraft in the UK.

LEA currently operates a fleet of Citation IIs, Bravos and Excels based at London Stansted, London City, Biggin Hill and Leeds Bradford airports.

“The Mustang has very good performance, better cruise speed than turboprops and adequate range for our customer profile. The aircraft meets our criteria of our long-term small aircraft replace-ment pro-gramme. It will compliment nicely our larger Citations”, says George Galanpoulos, LEA’s managing director.

Cessna’s vice-president of sales, Mark Paolucci, commented: “Cessna is delighted that London Executive Aviation has shown the confidence and foresight to develop its fleet using the Mustang. It was fitting that we should announce this new product in our 75th year and we are pleased to have in excess of 250 confirmed Mustang orders to date.”