The Citation XLS+ entered service in 2007 as a refined and improved successor to the acclaimed Citation XLS. Manufactured in Wichita, Kansas, the XLS+ retained everything that made the XLS exceptional, the iconic stand-up cabin, nine-passenger capacity, and superb baggage volume, while introducing three key enhancements.
A fact that flatters the type: The XLS+ added FADEC engines and a curved-panel Collins cockpit, refining the best-selling business jet of its decade. Knowing the story tends to make the flight more enjoyable.
The Citation XLS+ pairs its airframe with Honeywell Primus Elite (dual EFIS, TAWS, TCAS II), and that flight-deck capability means fewer weather delays and more direct routings on the average charter. Datalink and enhanced vision let crews pick the smoothest altitude and slip into airfields others divert from. It is a layer of quiet capability the type carries on every flight.
The Citation XLS+ is efficient over the sectors it flies most, and lower fuel burn and running costs feed straight into a keener charter price, especially on a well-timed one-way or empty-leg booking. You get the cabin and the range without paying to move a larger, thirstier jet. For value per mile, the type is one of the smarter picks in its class.
The Citation XLS+ carries real pedigree, a Cessna design chosen by corporate flight departments and private owners across Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. That global fleet means mature support, strong residual values and crews who know the type inside out. On the ramp the type reads as clearly as it does in the cabin.
Cabin comfort is where the Citation XLS+ earns its keep on charter, offering up to 9 seats, 80 cubic feet of baggage and the flexibility to lay the interior out around the trip rather than the other way round. A flat, quiet floor measuring 5 ft 6 in wide by 18 ft 5 in long means you can work, meet or sleep without the compromises of a scheduled cabin. It is the sort of space that turns a long day into a productive one.
At roughly 441 knots, about Mach 0.77 the Citation XLS+ is quick for its class, and regular charter clients notice it first, because a faster jet quietly rewrites what fits into a single day. The same pace shortens exposure to turbulence and keeps schedules honest into congested airspace. For anyone whose time carries a real cost, it pays for itself.
The Citation XLS+, weighed fairly, including the caveats:
The Citation XLS+ is honest about distance: near 2100 nautical miles it is superb across its home region, but the longest intercontinental legs call for a bigger tank, and on those we will match you to a larger jet rather than sell you a fuel stop.
No single aircraft wins on every count, and the Citation XLS+ trades a little of one virtue for a lot of another; the trick is matching that trade to your actual route and party, which is exactly what we do.
As alternatives to the Citation XLS+, it is worth weighing the Citation XLS and the Citation Excel, both able aircraft in the same bracket. Broadly the Citation XLS is the quicker of the two, while the Citation XLS+ brings the wider cabin, so the right pick comes down to your exact route, party and budget, which our advisors are glad to lay out side by side.
In short, few aircraft do transcontinental and medium-haul charter as gracefully as the Citation XLS+, and where it is the right tool we place it on fully vetted, certified partners at a fixed all-in price, with an answer back inside 30 minutes.
Tell me your route, dates and party size and I will send a firm, all-in price on the Citation XLS+. No commitment, no obligation.