The best of times and the worst of times for aircraft manufacturersopinion Alasdair Whyte 27 Oct 23 0It is the best of times, it is the worst of times, it is the age of backlogs, it is the age of delays, it… Read more
New jet demand still outstripping supplyopinion Alasdair Whyte 31 Jul 23 0Do you want the good news or the bad news from the second-quarter manufacturer results? The bad news is that building aircraft is still hard… Read more
Backlog to the futureopinion Alasdair Whyte 30 Jan 23 0A lot of people are waiting for signs the market is turning. But Gulfstream and Textron Aviation – whose parent companies General Dynamics and Textron… Read more
Wall Street v FBO Driveopinion Alasdair Whyte 31 Oct 22 0Investors often worry about a disconnect between Main Street and Wall Street. Stocks on exchanges rising when the real economy is struggling or vice versa.… Read more
Textron and Boeing report supply chain problemsnews CJI Expert 28 Oct 22 0Supply chain problems have affected Textron and Boeing’s financial performance in the third quarter (Q3) of the year. Read more
Textron profits rise despite selling fewer jetsnews CJI Expert 28 Oct 22 0Textron Aviation’s profits have increased by $41m (42%) in the past year despite selling fewer jets, due to “favourable pricing”. Read more
Business jet manufacturers beat Gates with box-to-billsopinion Alasdair Whyte 11 Aug 22 0In May Bill Gates published his fifth book: How to prevent the next pandemic. This gives him a book-to-Bill ratio of one for the second… Read more
Textron posts ‘solid’ full-year performance, despite mixed Q4news Yves Le Marquand 31 Jan 22 0Textron Aviation has posted lower-than-expected year-over-year (YoY) deliveries and revenue during fourth quarter (Q4) 2021. Although full-year results came in substantially closer to the demand… Read more
Leveraging legacy DNAnews CJI Expert 6 May 21 0“With great power comes great responsibility” is not just a quote popularised by a superhero franchise (originally penned by Voltaire). Just ask the aviation original… Read more
Textron Aviation sales down $262m for first quarter, jets down 44news Alasdair Whyte 30 Apr 20 0Textron Aviation sales were down $262m to $872m for the first quarter of 2020. It delivered 23 jets, down from 44 last year, and 16… Read more
Cessna bets on Silvercrest fix for Hemisphere futurenews CJI Expert 9 Feb 18 0Cessna says that the future of its new Citation Hemisphere business jet depends on a fix that Safran is working on for the Silvercrest engines… Read more
Business aviation’s lost decadeopinion Alasdair Whyte 21 Apr 17 0In 2013 Citigroup issued a depressing piece of research suggesting that the business jet market faced a “lost decade” of flat deliveries. It argued that… Read more
Business aviation’s lost decadenews Alasdair Whyte 21 Apr 17 0In 2013 Citigroup issued a depressing piece of research suggesting that the business jet market faced a “lost decade” of flat deliveries. It argued that… Read more
Textron to adjust Citation production rates in 2017news CJI Expert 26 Jan 17 0Textron Aviation says it will adjust production rates of some of its Cessna business jets, as it faces pricing pressure from prospective customers. The company… Read more
Cessna Goes Large With Citation Hemisphereopinion Alasdair Whyte 17 Nov 15 0NOTE: The below originally appeared as the editorial in our November 17 One Minute Week newsletter. To find out more, and sign up for free,… Read more
Cessna Goes Large With Citation Hemispherenews Alasdair Whyte 17 Nov 15 0NOTE: The below originally appeared as the editorial in our November 17 One Minute Week newsletter. To find out more, and sign up for free,… Read more
Profits rise at Textron Aviationnews CJI Expert 1 May 15 0Revenues at Textron Aviation were up $266 million for its first quarter mainly thanks to its acquisition of Beechcraft last year. Textron Aviation delivered 33… Read more
Textron Aviation deliver 36 business jets in second quarternews CJI Expert 21 Jul 14 0Textron Aviation delivered 36 business jets during a second quarter that CEO Scott Donnelly describes as ‘stable’. The Cessna arm of Textron Aviation delivered 36… Read more
Bell delivered 213 commercial helicopters in 2013news CJI Expert 24 Jan 14 0Bell ends 2014 with a strong fourth quarter to bring up yearly total. Bell delivered 213 commercial helicopters throughout 2014 and 75 in the fourth… Read more
Falling sales at Cessna means a $23m loss for third quarternews Alasdair Whyte 18 Oct 13 0No sign of upturn as Cessna makes a third quarter loss as it delivers and sells less aircraft. Cessna lost $23 million in the third… Read more
