Cessna Launches Campaign to Counter Business Aircraft Misinformation

Cessna Aircraft Company has announced a new initiative to address misinformation on the businessuse of general aviation aircraft and to provide a more accurate pictureof the value of business aircraft as a resource that makes companiesmore competitive.

“We think it’s time the other side of the story be told, and thatsupport be given to those businesses with the good judgment and courageto use business aviation to not only help their businesses survive thecurrent financial crisis, but more quickly forge a path toward aneconomic upturn,” said Cessna Chairman, President and CEO Jack J.Pelton.

“Today, we are demanding business leaders and managers work at theirabsolute peak to turn their companies, and our economy, around,” Peltonsaid. “Business aviation provides the means to do just that. A businessaircraft is a tool of industry, and one that should see its highest andbest use during times of fiscal crisis. Anyone who has ever seenmanagers board a business aircraft at dawn and return well after dark,having visited multiple cities and attended countless meetings in oneday can attest to the fact that business aviation allows companies toget the most out of every minute of every day – exactly what is neededto work our way toward economic recovery.”

Pelton said the reality of business aviation is that some 85 percent ofaircraft used by businesses are used by small or medium-sizedcompanies, and that the large majority of the passengers are middlemanagers and technicians. The aircraft, for the most part, are single-and twin-engine propeller and turboprop aircraft or small or mediumsized jets.

“The reality of business aviation is a far cry from the misconceptionof CEOs flying in large luxurious airplanes,” Pelton said. “Most ofthese aircraft are fairly Spartan, designed for business, with a cabinabout the size of a minivan or SUV interior.”

Source: Cessna Aircraft Company