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On 29 April 2009 the company announced that it was suspending the Citation Columbus program and closing the Bend, Oregon facility.

The Columbus program was finally cancelled in early July 2009.

The company said " Upon additional analysis of the business jet market related to this product offering, we decided to formally cancel further development of the Citation Columbus ".

With the 350 and 400 production moving to Kansas, the company indicated that it would lay off 1, 600 more workers, including the remaining 150 employees at the Bend plant and up to 700 workers from the Columbus program.