 It first flew in February 1991 and was certificated in January 1992.In 1996 Executive Jet Aviation ordered 20 for its Netjets fractional ownership programme.After the launch of the $12 million Citation Sovereign due for certification in the third quarter of 2003 and first delivery for the first quarter of 2004, the final Citation 650 was set to roll off the assembly line on 15 September 2000,
119 were built.