“The 5,000th Citation is an exciting milestone to reach in our 80th year of business,” said Chairman, President and CEO Jack J. Pelton. “The Citation line provides more business owners the convenience of point-to-point travel than ever before. From the Mustang - providing a fast, efficient and cost effective way to travel - to the fastest civil aircraft currently in production - the Citation X - our Citation line offers the widest range of business jets in the market today.”

The first Citation - the Citation 500 - was delivered in 1972. There are currently eight Citation models in production: the Mustang, CJ1+, CJ2+, CJ3, Encore+, XLS, Sovereign and Citation X. Cessna also became the first aircraft company to achieve single pilot certification on a commercial jet powered aircraft with the Citation I SP in 1977.  The Mustang, all CJ series Citations and the Encore+ can be operated by a single pilot.