Redbird Announces Record Revenue, Unit Sales and Profits for 2009
Redbird Announces Record Revenue, Unit Sales and Profits for 2009
Customer Base Quadruples Year-over-Year as Redbird Shipments Increase Sharply
Austin, TX (February 18, 2010)–Redbird Flight Simulations, Inc., the world leader, by unit sales, in full motion aircraft simulators and flight training devices, today announced record sales and profits for the just ended 2009 fiscal year. Training industry acceptance, new products, strong domestic and international demand for its FMX model full motion simulator and an exclusive marketing agreement with King Schools Inc., are credited with this impressive growth in spite of the recent downturn in the general aviation industry.
“We’re thrilled by this past year’s results and the overwhelmingly positive response we’ve received from industry experts, colleges and universities, and flight schools both domestic and abroad,” says Todd Willinger, cofounder and CEO. “Redbird is delivering groundbreaking and engaging training devices that medium and small organizations can actually afford and students love, and our financial results prove that.”
Several key accomplishments and milestones contributed to Redbird’s record year:
Redbird’s full motion FMX model simulator sales and customer base more than quadrupled, in part, because of a surge in demand for multiple aircraft configurations and international sales in South America, New Zealand and Europe.
In 2009, Cessna Aircraft Company named Redbird a preferred vendor making Redbird training devices available to the more than 280 Cessna Pilot Centers in the United States and around the world. Due in part to Redbird’s unique pilot key system and compatibility with new training curriculums offered to Cessna Pilot Centers, Redbird simulators have become the ideal choice for CPC’s looking to enhance their training programs.
In addition, Redbird expanded its marketing push with the signing of an exclusive marketing agreement with King Schools, Inc. for worldwide sales through their catalogue, website and direct-sales department.
