The first Cessna Citations to be operated on a Guernsey, Channel Islands AOC have been delivered, according to Cessna parent company Textron Aviation (Booth V19). The two aircraft, a Citation M2 and CJ3+, joined the fleet of ORTA˚C, which will manage them on international commercial charter flights for their owners.

“These deliveries are evidence of the increasing demand for general aviation in the Channel Islands,” said Tom Perry, Cessna regional v-p of European sales. Representatives from ORTA°C accepted delivery of the aircraft earlier this month at Textron Aviation headquarters in Wichita. Tobi Mathews, ORTA°C managing director, said, “The purchasing process has been seamless.”

ORTA°C describes itself as a “luxury aircraft management company.” Headquartered in Jersey, the island next to Guernsey, it provides aircraft acquisition, delivery, and registration services and operational structures, and claims to be one of only five companies in the world to have been granted an AOC for international charter by the director of civil aviation of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which is operated under the Guernesy Aviation registry 2-REG.

“This means that ORTA°C is able to assist owners in offsetting fixed and operational costs, by making their aircraft available for third-party commercial charter,” said Textron Aviation. “This charter facility is personally managed and controlled by the ORTA°C team and is tailor-made to suit the individual requirements of each client.”

“Clients are encouraged to think of ORTA°C as their own expert, in-house, 24/7 flight department,” concluded Mathews.