This post is a follow-up from last week to answer the question: What’s the net available pre-owned Cirrus Aircraft for sale? To find the number of used Cirrus planes many pilots go to popular websites, such as Controller or Trade-a-plane. On July 7, 2017, there were 195 Cirrus piston airplanes for sale on Controller. But that doesn’t mean you’ll have that many planes to choose from because foreign and fractional sales would probably not be on your list. Continue reading “What’s the net number of pre-owned Cirrus planes for sale?”
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What’s the number of pre-owned Cirrus airplanes for sale?
To find the number of pre-owned Cirrus airplanes for sale many pilots will go to popular websites, such as Controller or Trade-a-plane. In July 2017, there were 195 Cirrus piston airplanes for sale on Controller. Here’s the summary listing on the Controller website. Continue reading “What’s the number of pre-owned Cirrus airplanes for sale?”
How many airplanes has Cirrus Aircraft manufactured?
Cirrus Aircraft has shipped a total of 6,526 airplanes at the conclusion of calendar year 2016. Last year, Cirrus shipped 317 airplanes which was up by 5.3% over the prior year 2015. The numbers exclude Vision Jet delivers. In 2016, Cirrus delivered three jets to customers.
Deliveries of piston singles are up but still running half the volume of pre-recession levels. Continue reading “How many airplanes has Cirrus Aircraft manufactured?”
Here’s a Cirrus owner’s view of the GA piston market
In February, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA.aero) released their 2016 annual report. It presents declining piston engine shipments which is disappointing news for GA but that’s not the whole story. Some manufacturers are increasing sales. In 2016, Cirrus shipped 5.3% more planes than the prior year. And, Cirrus piston shipments last year were up 14.9% over year-end numbers for 2013. That’s good.
It’s a trend that’s also being seen in Cirrus pre-owned aircraft sales. Compared to four years ago, availability has changed significantly because more pilots are shifting into Cirrus planes and taking them off the market. Supply slack is just gone in certain Cirrus pre-owned models. Continue reading “Here’s a Cirrus owner’s view of the GA piston market”
Cirrus Vision Jet has a 1-billion-dollar sales backlog!
Pat Waddick, Cirrus Aircraft’s president of innovation and operations recently said the company has more than 600 jet customers waiting for their airplanes to be delivered. This is great news for the General Aviation industry and American manufacturing. This sales number has been mentioned in aviation articles, but the discussion quickly moves on to another topic.
Cirrus jets are priced at about $2 million apiece which makes these sales a $1,200,000,000 book of business! Each customer has paid $100K upfront. That’s $60M in deposit payments! Has there ever been a light aircraft pre-sales book of business comparable to this in the history of GA?
Who are these Vision Jet customers? Why did they write that $100,000 deposit check years ago? What compelled a decision even before the jet was certified? Many of the position holders want to remain
anonymous. But we do know ~75% of them are Cirrus piston pilots. And, the book of business is global. About eighty of the 600 early position jets are scheduled for Latin America alone.
Most light aircraft manufacturers’ shipments are flat or seeing a slowdown. Naysayers complain the outlook isn’t changing. But the view only changes for the leader – as they say in dog-sledding. Cirrus innovation is winning sales and transforming GA. We need to see more of that.
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High Performance Piston Single-Engine Market Share 2013
What’s the market share among high performance piston single-engine airplanes? Last year, GAMA reported 831 piston single-engine planes shipped which included tail wheel and light sport aircraft. From that 831 total, Continue reading “High Performance Piston Single-Engine Market Share 2013”
High-Performance Piston Single-Engine Airplane Market Share Mid-2013
What is the mid-2013 market share for high performance piston single-engine airplanes? Last week I spoke with Jens Hennig, Vice President of Operations, General Aviation Manufacturer Association (GAMA) about piston single-engine shipments in the first half of this year. Continue reading “High-Performance Piston Single-Engine Airplane Market Share Mid-2013”
Who are Cirrus Aircraft’s Target Customers?
Matt Bergwall, Cirrus Product Marketing Manager, describes the typical Cirrus Aircraft
target customer as a person who is the owner and operator of the plane. They fly for business and pleasure, and they have a regional travel need. A typical customer is not comparing a conventional tail wheel or multi-engine with a Cirrus Aircraft.
In 2012, the typical target customer for a new Cirrus Aircraft probably decided among the competing manufacturer’s listed below. From Continue reading “Who are Cirrus Aircraft’s Target Customers?”
What is Cirrus Aircraft’s Market Share?
This past week I spoke with Matt Bergwall, Cirrus Product Marketing Manager, to find out
what is Cirrus Aircraft’s market share. We reviewed airplane shipments recorded in the General Aviation Manufacturer’s Association Report (GAMA) and he described the target customer that purchases a Cirrus Aircraft. Continue reading “What is Cirrus Aircraft’s Market Share?”