Sunday, June 26, 2011

General aviation deliveries down 41.1 percent - Wichita Business Journal:

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percent in the first quarter of 2009 comparexd to the same time periodlast year. The report states deliveries in the first quartertotaled 462, down from 785 through the first three months in 2008. Piston airplane deliveries fell the down 55.1 percent from 399 to 179 units. Businesz jets declined by 35.7 from 297 to 191, whild the turboprop segment actually increasecd from 89 deliveries to 92 so farthis year. “This is an extremely difficult time forour industry,” said GAMA President and CEO Pete in a written statement.
“We are dealing first and foremost with the sever e negative effects of a worldwideeconomic downturn, but also with unwarrante criticism focused on the The result has been the cancellation of orders for new airplaneds and the loss of more than 15,00p0 high-paying jobs for American workers over the last several A majority of those jobs have been lost in where aviation manufacturers began layint off workers in November. Since has cut 8,200 jobs has shed 2,800 jobs and has laid off aroun 820 employees from itsWichita plant.
The economic downturn has also broughy furloughs to both Cessna and as the companies continue to realign their production schedules with the dropin

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