Katharina's Perfect Landing, STRONG Wind: Sovereign Jet VFR into Reykjavik Downtown [AirClips]

Katharina and Benny are just finishing their trans-atlantic crossing inbound from Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada aboard Hahn Air's brand new Cessna Citation Sovereign Jet, D-CHRE. This just one tiny part of our extensive coverage of the three-leg delivery flight of this beauty from Wichita, Kansas, USA to Düsseldorf, Germany. Stay tuned with Air-Clips and discover the full story in the very near future!

The company offers scheduled and charter air services from Düsseldorf Airport, where its Citation 4 and Sovereign aircraft are based. The company`s main business, however, is an e-ticket platform that gives travel agencies access to airlines via computer reservation systems. The company also offers sales services for other airlines. Hahn Air has signed more than 260 contracts (interline agreements) with airlines. Internationally, over 95,000 travel agencies access this system.

Hahn Air is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saspo Holding GmbH, with its headquarters in Dreieich near Frankfurt. The company is owned by Hans Nolte and Nikolaus Gormsen. The company has offices in cities such as Amsterdam, Manila, Mexico City, and Paris.
Hahn Air was founded as a domestic German airline in 1994. Its home base was the former Hahn US military air base (now Frankfurt-Hahn Airport), from which the company's name originates. In 1997, Hahn Air joined its first Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) in Germany. The airline has the 2 letter code HR and the invoice number (IATA prefix code) 169. Hahn Air flights have been sold via the Amadeus computer reservation system since 1999.
Due to a contract with Generali insurance in 2010, travel agents are able to offer e-tickets via Hahn Air (HR-169) that include insurance against the insolvency of the operating carrier. Since joining the Kosovo BSP in 2010, Hahn Air is present in all European markets. Over the next several years, Hahn Air introduced further products, including Securtix extended insolvency insurance, the e-alliance sales service and the opening of the training and event location The Aircraft at Burghof in Dreieich, which is designed to look like an airplane. Sales of high-speed train tickets began under the name speed-alliance. The first railway partner was the Austrian WESTbahn , followed by the Spanish rail operator RENFE in the summer of 2013.

The Cessna Citation Sovereign (Cessna Model 680 Sovereign) is an American mid-size business jet developed by Cessna. It is currently the second largest member of the Citation product line in terms of take-off weight, with only the Citation X having roughly 6000 lbs greater take-off weight. The Sovereign is considered a transcontinental aircraft with the capability to fly Los Angeles to Hawaii greater than 98% of the time, while complying with ETOPS requirements, and is used primarily for corporate travel.
In the late 1990s, Cessna saw the need for a high-performance jet midway between the Excel/XLS size and the Citation X. The result was the Model 680 Citation Sovereign, powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306C turbofan engines with FADEC controls. It uses the Honeywell Primus Epic glass cockpit avionics suite, coupled with dual Honeywell FMZ2000 FMS units. Its claim to fame is that it can take off and land in short distances, thanks to a moderately swept high aspect ratio wing, and (when light) 92 knot Vref speed. It was first unveiled to the public in 1998 at the NBAA exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Sovereign seats eight passengers in a typical cabin configuration, with a maximum high-density capacity of 12, in addition to the crew of two.
First flight of the Sovereign took place in February, 2002, with FAA certification awarded in June, 2004. Customer deliveries began later that year. EASA certification came in June 2014.