DC Aviation largest business jet operator of Citation XLS in Europe

Stuttgart (Germany) 21 May (PROTEXT/ots) - Germany's largest operator ofbusiness jets will be upgrading its fleet of Citation XLS to seven aircraftin June with another two Citation XLS. This will make DC Aviation thelargest operator of Citation XLS in Europe. In total the company withheadquarters in Stuttgart operates then 30 modern private jets of varioussizes with an average age that is less than 2.5 years.

"We place great value on our young dynamic fleet structure, which ismaintained by experienced experts in our own state of the art maintenancefacility. Thanks to the two new additions we will be able to offer ourcustomers one of the safest and most modern fleets in Europe," asserts theDirector of Sales and Marketing Jonas Kraft.

Business travellers in particular will appreciate the advantages of theCitation XLS from the American manufacturer Cessna: with a non-stopcruising range of 3.600 km/1,944 nm and a maximum speed of almost 800 km/hseveral business appointments in different European cities can be managedin one day with no difficulty. Up to seven people travel comfortably to themost remote of destinations in the generously fitted jet with headroom of1.73 m/5.68 ft. The Citation XLS is also suitable for short runways and isapproved for steep approaches like London-City, for instance. During theflight passengers are treated to culinary delights in the luxuriouslyfitted cabin with its leather club chairs by a flight attendant who hasbeen specially trained in business travel service. Apart from telephone andconnections for notebooks the midsize jet offers all the amenities thatmake a business trip as pleasant as possible.

Due to our enlarged capacity, very high standard of safety and quality DCAviation is a preferred partner of Lufthansa Private Jets.

Company Information:

DC Aviation, with headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, is rated among theleading operators of business jets in Europe. Formed by the merger ofCirrus Aviation and the former DaimlerChrysler Aviation, in 2008 thecompany is concentrating on aircraft management, charter operation andmaintenance of business jets. As a member of the renowned Cirrus Group,with its shareholders Dr Lutz Helmig and Gerd Brandecker, DC Aviationemploys over 380 staff and operates 1 Airbus 319 CJ, 2 Gulfstream 550, 2Global Express, 1 Global 5000, 1 Falcon 900 DX, 2 Challenger 604, 5 Legacy600, 1 Challenger 300, 1 Gulfstream 150, 1 Citation X, 7 Citation XLS, 2Learjet 60, 4 Learjet 40. The Managing Directors are Dieter Heinen(Chairman), Marc Ambrosius (CFO) and Stefan Buschle (CCO).

Contact:

DC Aviation GmbH - Stuttgart Airport - 70629 Stuttgart - Germany

Spokesperson: Jonas Kraft

E-mail: jonas.kraft@dc-aviation.com

Phone: +49 (0)711 93306-330

Fax: +49 (0)711 93306-481

Internet: http://www.dc-aviation.com

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