The Cessna Citation Latitude is one of the newest private jets out today.

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CITATION LATITUDE Information

The seats provide added comfort from takeoff to landing. Although roomy, their slim contour and upholstery form a sleek profile, opening the space around them.

The Citation Latitude is the latest proof that Textron Aviation is back on its feet, largely recovered from the Great Recession and fully competing for its historic share of the business jet market.

For more than four decades, Citation engineers have been business aviation’s undisputed masters of iteration and the Latitude embraces this low-risk design approach to perfection.

This is Cessna’s first super-midsize aircraft, offering virtually the same cabin cross-section as the ill-starred Hawker 4000.

As a brand, "Cessna Citation" conjures up a sense of solidity, of reliability, of conservatism, tradition and value.

Utility trumps flash, the tried-and-true takes precedence over the new, and proven service wins out over promises.

So when the Wichita, Kansas, icon tooled up to build a couple of next-generation larger cabin models.

This paragon of plain-sense manufacturing build new Citations that embody the best of the company's traditional strengths in addition to the latest innovations in propulsion, avionics, aerodynamics and cabin design?

Some might dismiss the Latitude as a slightly scaled down version of the Sovereign+, but there's a lot more to it than that.

The idea was to take the best features of the Sovereign+, improve upon the cabin and avionics, and do it without tackling high-risk new features, like new wings (the Latitude's is essentially identical to the Sovereign+ wing), tail or, gulp, flight control systems.

Still, there's a lot that's new in the Latitude, some of it verging on revolutionary by midsize standards.

As with every bizjet we've ever flown, the best seats in the house are up front.

In the case of the Latitude, the cabin is a revelation. Like Embraer, the one competing manufacturer with a true midsize jet.

Cessna realized that if it wanted to compete in this new world of high-flying expectations, it had to create a jet with a cabin that passengers more than just put up with; they had to adore it.

Cessna started out with a short list of goals consistent with the company's Citation DNA while pushing into realms of technology and comfort that went beyond any plane that had worn Cessna colors before.