14 April 2005
Cessna claims that their order book is bulging. In early April the company received over 450 single engine aircraft orders over a three week period. With 2005 production sold, these aircraft are all scheduled to deliver in 2006.
‘We attribute this influx of orders to two things,’ said Phil Michel, Vice President of Marketing. ‘Our customers are excited about flying their favourite airplanes with the all-glass, fully-integrated Garmin G1000 avionics suite. Cessna’s single engine piston aircraft and Garmin’s G1000 are a natural fit. Both set the standard for reliability, performance, safety and simplicity of use’.
Cessna’s single engine piston aircraft product line includes the 172R Skyhawk, 172S Skyhawk SP, 182T Skylane, T182T Turbo Skylane, 206H Stationair and T206H Turbo Stationair.
Cessna delivered 654 single engine piston aircraft last year. Of these, over 90 percent were equipped with Garmin’s G1000 avionics. This year they expect to deliver approximately 900 single engine piston aircraft.
