Simmons Foods accepted the milestone delivery<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Textron Aviation\u2019s Cessna Citation Latitude has hit a key milestone with the handing over of the 400th to Simmons Foods, a long-time Citation customer. The landmark delivery comes less than a decade after the midsize jet was certified in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simmons Foods\u2014a Siloam Springs, Arkansas-based, family-owned and -operated company since 1949\u2014is adding the Latitude to its existing fleet of three Citations. The company uses the jets to manage operations across multiple locations, Textron Aviation said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOver the years, we\u2019ve found that Citation jets mean business in every way. Our fleet of Citations has significantly enhanced our company\u2019s operational capabilities, allowing us to serve our customers, employees, and farmers more effectively,\u201d said Simmons Foods CEO Todd Simmons. \u201cThe Latitude’s performance and reliability are a natural fit for our business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The flat-floor, nine-passenger business jet has a 2,700-nm range, capable of flying nonstop between destinations such as New York and Los Angeles or Vancouver and Guatemala City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis milestone not only reinforces the Latitude’s status as the leader in the midsize jet segment but also underscores our commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction, setting new standards for comfort, efficiency, and performance in the aviation industry,\u201d said Lannie O\u2019Bannion, senior v-p of global sales and flight operations at Textron Aviation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Simmons Foods accepted the milestone delivery Textron Aviation\u2019s Cessna Citation Latitude has hit a key milestone with the handing over of the 400th to Simmons Foods, a long-time Citation customer. The landmark delivery comes less than a decade after the midsize jet was certified in 2015. Simmons Foods\u2014a Siloam Springs, Arkansas-based, family-owned and -operated company<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[15,22,53,47],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aeropb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aeropb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aeropb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aeropb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aeropb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aeropb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"https:\/\/www.aeropb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions\/1618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aeropb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aeropb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aeropb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}