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I looked on the cessna.com and controller.com websites for current Cessna 172 prices. For the first time, I couldn't find any, just "Call for pricing." The pr

I looked on the cessna.com and controller.com websites for current Cessna 172 prices. For the first time, I couldn't find any, just "Call for pricing." The price I remember from about a year ago was $398,000. Most (nearly all) of their sales included fairly advanced avionics, and I believe they dropped the steam-gauge version. It's an interesting phenomenon that's documented in aviation news and interviews that people say they want low-priced planes, but actual sales are almost exclusively with the most options.

Gibbon1 7y ago
You're backing the point that redis_mlc thinks it too vague. The cost of ownership and operation is so high that they're relegated mostly as toys for rich people. And that's a very limited market. The only way to grow revenue is to sell ever more expensive aircraft. Electrics have the potential to reduce operating and maintenance costs enough to escape that trap.