Pre-owned Cessna piston aircraft dealer at Arlington Municipal Airport, Texas
Van Bortel Aircraft, Inc. is an aircraft dealership at Arlington Municipal Airport in Arlington, Texas. It was founded in 1985 by Howard Van Bortel and describes itself as the world's largest Cessna dealer.
The company focuses on pre-owned Cessna single-engine piston aircraft, including the Skyhawk, Skylane, Turbo Skylane, Stationair and TTx. According to a 2022 AVweb profile, it owns the aircraft it sells rather than working on consignment, concentrates on low-time aircraft mostly from 1997 onward, many with Garmin G1000 avionics, and does not take former flight-school aircraft.
Its website sets out a tiered money-back guarantee on pre-owned aircraft, starting with a full refund within 30 days or 30 hours. It also offers to fly an aircraft to a prospective buyer's home airport for inspection at no cost, and accepts trade-ins. The site has pages on financing, international sales, buying aircraft from owners, and service, with parts supplied through an affiliated company.
The dealership is aimed at private owner-pilots buying single-engine Cessnas rather than charter customers or jet buyers.
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