Double Eagle Airport Eclipse 500
Strengths: · Eclipse 500: new and innovative with almost no competition. ... The largest amount of financing ever raised for an aircraft startup company (Eclipse Aviation Website). ... Threats: · Cessna is planning to build planes in a price range of $1 - $3 million which could be a serious threat to Eclipse. ... · If we take another company like Cessna into consideration then we see that they are established in the field of distribution, which Eclipse has not yet acquired. ... What is going on with Eclipse? The Eclipse 500, due in 2006, will have room for five passengers, use 40 percent less runway than the smallest jets and cost $1 million, about a quarter of the price tag of current private planes made by Cessna and Raytheon. Eclipse already has 2,100 orders for the Eclipse. Eclipse Aviation, has completed its fifth round of private equity funding, raising $87 million, for a total of $325 million to date.