FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PIPER AIRCRAFT ENHANCES
ITS SALES AND SERVICE NETWORK
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., AOPA, Nov. 9, 2006 – Piper Aircraft, Inc. today announced changes in its distribution network to enhance service for its customers and better align its sales territories.
Effective January 1, 2007, Piper Aircraft’s Great Lakes sales and service territory will be represented by Muncie Aircraft Sales (with territory to include Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and the southern portion of Illinois) and Des Moines Flying Service (with territory to include the Chicago area, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minneapolis, and three-quarters of eastern North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska.)
Both Muncie Aircraft Sales and Des Moines Flying Service are among Piper’s longest established dealers, enjoying a distinguished and respected history of providing generations of Piper customers with excellent sales and service.
Muncie Aircraft Sales has proudly represented Piper for all 70 years of Piper’s history. The company is employee owned and led by its president, Martin Ingram.
Des Moines Flying Services was found by Howard Gregory, who was personally appointed a Piper dealer by William T. Piper in 1939 and continues to be involved in the company operations. Today, Des Moines Flying Service is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, has offices in Nebraska and the Chicago area and is led by John M. Lowe.
Piper also announced today that it has assigned its Central California and Hawaii sales and service territories to Southern California Piper. Southern California Piper, which joined the Piper team in 2000 out of its El Cajon, Calif., offices near San Diego, will expand their Piper operations to a sales office and staff in the Los Angeles area in the coming months. The company will further augment its staff and facilities with a new sales and service facility in Hawaii later in 2007.
“These three dealerships have demonstrated impressive and continuous improvements to customer sales support, service quality and customer satisfaction in their respective areas year over year,” said Molly Martin Pearce, Piper’s Director of Dealer Relations & Sales. “We are confident that their enthusiasm and dedication to quality will serve all of our customers well in the years to come.”
Piper Aircraft, Inc. is hequartered in Vero Beach, Fla. Piper’s rich legacy is born of 70 years of unparalleled history, with more than 144,000 aircraft brought to market and more than 160 models certified. Approximately 90,000 of those aircraft are still flying and being serviced and supported on every continent by Piper’s 65 service centers, 40 dealers and 2,500 field personnel. Today, Piper is the only general aviation manufacturer to build and offer aircraft for every general aviation mission, from trainers and high-performance aircraft for personal and business use, to turbine-powered business aircraft ...and now, the PiperJet.
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For further information, contact:
Mark S. Miller
(772) 299-2900
Fax: (772) 978-6597
mail to: m.miller@newpiper.com
www.newpiper.com
For additional information or questions about the general aviation industry, contact the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)
(202) 393-1500
www.GAMA.aero