Bombardier designed the Learjet 75 Liberty to specifically compete against the best aircraft from Cessna and Embraer in price and performance.

Business aviation appears headed for further—and much needed— consolidation. The last major industry contraction was three years ago, when Textron Inc., paid $1.4-billion to acquire Beechcraft ...

The Learjet 75 Liberty And Its Competition The Learjet 75 Liberty historically competed with light jets, mainly the Embraer Phenom 300, Pilatus PC-24, and Cessna CitationJet CJ4.

This will be the final year of production for the Learjet. But the aircraft’s profound legacy is something creator William Powell “Bill” Lear and its current brand custodian since 1990 ...

But Cessna and Learjet are having tougher years. Cessna’s overall deliveries by unit are down 22 percent and its billings are down 26 percent through the third quarter, according to the GAMA data.

The Four-Engined Cessna and Its Corporate Mission Cessna’s predecessor to the Fanjet 500, the Cessna 620, never made it to market, but it proved a point.

In 2007, the city issued a letter of intent authorizing up to $35 million in IRBs over five years. Learjet, Cessna and Coleman all plan to purchase the bonds themselves.

Cessna’s Wichita neighbor, Learjet, which Canadian transportation conglomerate Bombardier acquired in 1990, has three new models in the pipeline: the $11 million Learjet 70 and $13.5 million ...

In the 1990s, the Cessna Citation family included several offerings, although they had a reputation for being slower and bulkier than the competitors, such as the Learjet family.

They were built, owned and run by people who lived right here: Pizza Hut, Coleman, Rent-A-Center, Bank IV, Koch Industries, Beech, Cessna, Learjet and Residence Inn, to name a few.

Cessna’s Wichita neighbor, Learjet, which Canadian transportation conglomerate Bombardier acquired in 1990, has three new models in the pipeline: the $11 million Learjet 70 and $13.5 million ...

Cessna-maker Textron Inc. would be interested in buying Bombardier Inc.’s struggling Learjet business “at the right price,” a company spokesperson said Monday. The admission gives Bombardier a ...