WICHITA, Kan., May 2, 2011 — Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has positioned its newest Mobile Service Unit at Preferred Jet Center LLC near Atlanta at Cobb County Airport-McCollum Field.
The Atlanta MSU, the 12th in the fleet, will serve Cessna Citation customers primarily in central and northern Georgia, southeastern Tennessee and northeastern Alabama.
Cessna plans to position six additional MSUs this year including one in Canada and a second in Europe. MSUs are now serving customers domestically from locations in Texas, California, Colorado, Indiana, Florida, Georgia, Ohio and North Carolina. In addition, Cessna currently operates one MSU in France.
Cessna's mobile units provide planned and unplanned maintenance in customer hangars. The specially outfitted trucks carry many tools and equipment found in Cessna Citation Service Centers and can handle a variety of procedures including engine exchanges.
Cessna MSUs are key components of Cessna's ServiceDirect initiative, which also includes AOG Go Teams, the Air Response Team, HomeService and Temporary Personnel Support.
