cessna
| 5:30PM 9/21/2010
Aircraft maker Cessna will cut jobs after its parent company said new airplane orders were less than previously expected.
| 10:00AM 9/15/2009
The general aviation industry, which is made up of private and corporate jet manufacturers, is in an awful fix. The latest? Plane-leasing outfit NetJets just announced it is laying off 5 percent of its staff, or 350 employees, due to "severe economic conditions facing the aviation industry,"...
| 11:00AM 8/18/2009
Last week, I dug out the phone numbers for some old contacts at Cessna, the large Wichita-based private airplane and jet manufacturer. Since Private Air, the magazine I edited, folded six months ago, I hadn't had much occasion to call out to Wichita. I was curious to hear how the people I knew at...
| 1:45PM 4/27/2009
For the past six months, the private jet industry has been hit from all sides. Not only has the recession caused both businesses and high net-worth individuals to travel less, but the government has gotten involved.
Ever since the automakers who flew to Washington D.C. were grilled about how they...