FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, April 25, 2013 — Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has bolstered its position as the leader of the worldwide general aviation market with a number of noteworthy first quarter turboprop deliveries. Deliveries from the well-respected Cessna Caravan line continue to fulfill roles for multiple missions, ranging from flight training to […]
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, April 25, 2013 — Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, continues to supply the dominant four-seat airplane of choice for flight training schools around the world. The majority of qualified pilots flying today learn to fly on Cessna aircraft. Tomorrow’s pilots will be just as likely to have learned to fly […]
Citation VII Market Update – July 2013 Current Aircraft Listed: 23 Current Fleet Size: 118 Pre-Owned Sales Previous 6 Months (End User): 7 Average Days On Market: 311 CLICK HERE to learn more about Premier Jet Aviation’s Business Aircraft Sales and Acquisitions Division. Premier Jet is one of the world’s leading business aviation services firms. Premier Associates […]
Washington, DC, April 24, 2013 – National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen today responded to legislation offered by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), which would single out one industry, general aviation (GA), for a change in its established depreciation schedule. The change proposed by the senator would apply to long-standing tax-depreciation […]
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, April 24, 2013 — Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, brought their newest single-engine products to showcase to the European market at this week’s AERO Friedrichshafen general aviation trade show. The TTx and the Grand Caravan EX are on display in the show’s exhibit hall for the duration of the 21st […]
Hawker 900XP Market Update – July 2013 Current Aircraft Listed: 20 Current Fleet Size: 180 Pre-Owned Sales Previous 6 Months (End User): 5 Average Days On Market: 107 CLICK HERE to learn more about Premier Jet Aviation’s Business Aircraft Sales and Acquisitions Division. Premier Jet is one of the world’s leading business aviation services firms. Premier Associates […]
WICHITA, Kan., Apr 23, 2013 — Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that aircraft on ground (AOG) maintenance will now be available for Cessna’s 208 model Caravan at all their factory owned Citation Service Centers. Cessna’s Mobile Service Units will also be allowed to perform “aircraft on ground” (AOG) maintenance […]
For nearly 16 years, Cessna’s Citation X, with a top speed slightly less than the speed of sound at Mach .92 (705 mph), held the title of world’s fastest business jet. Then in 2012, Gulfstream’s new G650 clipped Cessna’s wings by notching up the record to Mach .925 (710 mph). That glory didn’t last long. […]
(Reuters) – Cessna maker Textron Inc (TXT.N) cut its profit forecast and said it would sell fewer corporate jets this year as business owners defer purchases in an uncertain U.S. economy, sending its shares down as much as 14 percent. Shares of Textron, the world’s largest business aircraft maker, were among the top percentage losers […]
The FAA issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) for next-generation Boeing 737 aircraft that could cost U.S.-based operators up to $10.1 million. The AD applies to 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, -900 and -900ER aircraft after the agency found that protective coatings for wear and corrosion were incorrectly applied to the aircraft family’s horizontal stabilizer rear […]