Cessna to Shut its Center for Jet Service

Closure of Toledo facility is part Cessna's plan to cut 4,600 employees.

Jan. 30, 2009

Cessna Aircraft Co. said yesterday it is closing its business-jet service center at Toledo Express Airport because of a recession-related decrease in corporate aircraft use, laying off all 67 local employees.

The closure was announced as part of the Wichita, KS, firm's plan to cut 4,600 employees, nearly a third of its global work force of 15,000 employees.

The Toledo Citation Service Center, one of Cessna's nine U.S. regional facilities for servicing business jets, has less work because of the recession, Cessna spokesman Doug Oliver said.

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