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A Saban-orbit jet flies the same Tuscaloosa-to-Orlando service run

A Citation tied to Nick Saban's auto-dealer empire makes the identical maintenance hop as Alabama's foundation jet.

Mar 14, 2026N245XLCessna Citation Excel / XLS
Airport route
Tuscaloosa, ALKTCL · 10:51 AM ETOrlando, FLKMCO · 12:14 PM ET

N245XL is a Citation Excel based in Tuscaloosa and registered to Sideline Inc and Agresti Family Ventures. Joe Agresti is Nick Saban's partner in Dream Motor Group, the Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari dealership empire, so this jet sits in Saban's business orbit rather than the Alabama athletics fleet. On March 14 it flew the exact Tuscaloosa to Orlando International leg that Alabama's foundation jet flies, then stayed about 32 days at the Textron Citation Service Center. Same town, same shop, same offseason window. It is one more Citation from the Tuscaloosa orbit doing its annual maintenance in Orlando, with no passenger or recruiting claim attached.

Related story

College football jets at the Orlando Citation service center

Mar 14, 2026A Saban-orbit jet flies the same Tuscaloosa-to-Orlando service runMar 14, 2026 · N245XL · KTCL->KMCOCurrent
Apr 22, 2026FSU's booster jet spends weeks each year at the Orlando jet shopApr 22, 2026 · N199FS · KTLH->KMCOApr 12, 2026Florida State's second Citation makes the same Orlando service runApr 12, 2026 · N851FS · KTLH->KMCOJun 2, 2026A Florida booster's jet has visited the Orlando shop 18 timesJun 2, 2026 · N6BB · KLUK->KORLJun 11, 2026Alabama's jet went quiet on June 11 because it's in Orlando for maintenanceJun 11, 2026 · N1UA · KTCL->KMCO
N245XL — Cessna Citation Excel / XLS
Aircraft imagePhoto by Brian Casity / Planespotters.net
Verdict
Offseason maintenance at the Orlando Citation Service Center
Cited · medium confidence
1h 23m
Airborne
433 nm
Distance
1
Legs
0m
Ground

Aircraft

Tail
N245XL
Aircraft
Cessna Citation Excel / XLSC56X
Group
College FB
Registry
United States

Trip record

Route
KTCL → KMCO
Departure
Mar 14, 2026, 10:51 AM
Arrival
Mar 14, 2026, 12:14 PM
Sources

Sources: Textron Aviation, Orlando Citation Service Center; Automotive News on Dream Motor Group ownership; trip history from public ADS-B.

txtav.com ↗autonews.com ↗

Recent aircraft activity

Nearby context from the same aircraft. These flights are movement history, not purpose claims.

2026-05-06Houston, TX → Stuart, FL → Greensboro, GA4h 53m · 1230 nm2026-04-27Tuscaloosa, AL → Houston, TX → Atlanta, GA → Houston, TX11h 26m · 1636 nm2026-04-25Pittsburgh, PA → Tuscaloosa, AL1h 41m · 560 nm2026-04-22Tuscaloosa, AL → Pittsburgh, PA1h 36m · 568 nm2026-04-21Tuscaloosa, AL → Fort Worth, TX → Tuscaloosa, AL5h 29m · 981 nm

Aircraft attribution

The attribution currently available for this aircraft record.

Registered owner
Dream Motor Group (Saban)
aircraft registry
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Attributed to
Alabama Crimson Tide
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Owner class
private llc
ADS-B data is a public aircraft-movement record. This page separates observed movement from cited context and avoids passenger claims unless a source document supports them.