CESSNA Aircraft For Lease

About Cessna

Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, USA, Cessna is one of the aviation industry’s oldest aeroplane manufacturing brands. The company’s products include multiple series of piston single, piston twin, turboprop, and jet aircraft, including the top-selling Citation line of business jets. Cessna also manufactures Denali, SkyCourier, and Caravan turboprops and piston-powered models including the Skyhawk, Skylane, and Turbo Stationair HD.

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Cessna 182 Skylane

Company History

Although Cessna Aircraft Company was formally founded in 1927—and was subsequently forced to shutter operations soon after due to the Great Depression—its origins reach clear back to 1911, when Kansas farmer Clyde Cessna built and flew his own aircraft. In 1934, Cessna’s nephews Dwane and Dwight Wallace helped reorganize and reopen the company. After Clyde Cessna retired in 1936, Dwane became company president. He would lead Cessna through a period of great prosperity, during which it released its first business jet, the Citation I, in the late 1960s, and became one of the world’s biggest business jet manufacturers.

In 1985, General Dynamics acquired Cessna, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Textron acquired the Cessna brand from General Dynamics in 1992. In 2014, Textron Aviation was formed after Textron acquired Beech Holdings. That acquisition brought the Cessna, Beechcraft, and Hawker aircraft brands under one roof.

Citation Jet Aircraft

Citation jets include the CJ3+, CJ4 Gen2, Latitude, Longitude, M2, and XLS+ models. In September 2019, Cessna celebrated 50 years since the Citation’s first flight. Cessna has delivered more than 5,000 light jets and 7,500-plus Citations worldwide since then, with a global fleet that today has amassed over 35 million flight hours.

In 2020, Cessna delivered its 250th Citation M2 and marked the fifth anniversary of the midsize Citation Latitude’s entry into service. In 2021, the company celebrated 600 deliveries of Citation CJ3 series aircraft with the shipment of a Citation CJ3+, billed as the “ultimate utility player.” Cessna also shipped the first Citation CJ4 Gen2 to a European customer in 2021. Introduced in February 2021, the CJ4 Gen2 updated the CJ4, and is Cessna’s largest Citation light jet.

Turboprop & Piston Aircraft

In 2017, Cessna introduced its piston-powered SkyCourier, available in both 19-passenger and freighter configurations. Deliveries of the utility turboprop began in May 2022. In 2020, Cessna marked the 65th anniversary of the maiden flight of its Skyhawk model. Long popular with flight schools and academies, Cessna says the Skyhawk is the most popular single-engine piston in aviation history, pointing to 45,000 deliveries as evidence. In 2021, Cessna celebrated 65 years of service for its single-engine, four-seat Skylane 182. Cessna has entered more than 23,000 Skylanes into service worldwide.

Find Your Cessna Aircraft

You’ll find a big selection of new and used Cessna aircraft for sale on ControllerEMEA.co.uk, including 172, 182, 210, 340, and 421 pistons; Caravan turboprops; and Citation 525, Citation 560, and Citation 680 jets.