Cessna Touts 2006 Deliveries, Stays Bullish For ’07
Of the 1,239 aircraft delivered last year, Cessna delivered 307 Citations (that’s up more than 50 aircraft year-over-year) and 67 turboprops. Business jet deliveries outside of the U.S. accounted for 48 percent of the company’s total orders, helping to boost revenue from $3.5 billion in 2005 to $4.2 billion in 2006, and Cessna remains bullish on the business segment. Looking ahead, the company expects to deliver 375 jets this year, with 40 Mustangs in this herd.

Of the 1,239 aircraft delivered last year, Cessna delivered 307 Citations (that's up more than 50 aircraft year-over-year) and 67 turboprops. Business jet deliveries outside of the U.S. accounted for 48 percent of the company's total orders, helping to boost revenue from $3.5 billion in 2005 to $4.2 billion in 2006, and Cessna remains bullish on the business segment. Looking ahead, the company expects to deliver 375 jets this year, with 40 Mustangs in this herd. [more] At the NBAA Convention this past fall, Cessna's Citation XLS+ became the latest upgrade of its best-selling business jet and the CJ4 was unveiled as a brand-new model in the popular CJ family, to be delivered in 2010. In 2006, Cessna's total backlog rose to $8.5 billion, and the company now claims a worldwide fleet of nearly 5,000 Citations -- the largest gaggle of business jets in the world.
