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Cessna to start new service center in Spain

The Cessna Aircraft Company has gained corporate approval to build a new Citation Service Center in Spain. The facility is being constructed to meet a growing fleet demand in the European region. The new Citation Service Center will complement the company’s current service center in Paris, which was built in 1997.

The Cessna Press Release

“We have almost 900 Citations in Europe and the number grows every month, so we need the additional capacity to continue to provide the high quality service our customers are used to getting,” said Mark Paolucci, senior vice president, Customer Service for Cessna. “We conducted an extensive location search before deciding on Spain, and we are very pleased with the cooperation from Spanish authorities.”

Paolucci said Cessna and Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA) in Madrid have signed a letter of intent to develop a site in Spain and are working on specific details toward a final contract.

“We see this as a key step in a dynamic effort to take our service for our European operators to the next level,” Paolucci said.

Cessna hopes to break ground on the new facility in 2009 and begin operations there in late 2010.

Cessna’s current Citation service network spans the globe with 10 company-owned service centers and more than two dozen authorized service centers.