Kansas City aircraft brokerage jetAviva announced a major expansion today with the purchase of pre-owned Cessna Citation specialist Jet Quest. It represents the company’s second such acquisition in little more than a year, having purchased Kansas Aircraft Corporation in May 2016. As a result of the transaction, the staff of Texas-based Jet Quest will join jetAviva, with former CEO Robin Eissler named as the latter’s COO.
“Building a world-class sales organization requires finding and integrating world-class people, culture and processes,” said jetAviva CEO Cyrus Sigari. “Under the careful stewardship of Robin Eissler, Jet Quest has become a force to be reckoned with in the Cessna Citation market.”
The move makes jetAviva, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, one of the largest pre-owned aircraft sales organizations in the U.S., with 32 employees, and offices in Kansas City; Georgetown, Texas; Los Angeles; New York; Denver; Atlanta; and Madison, Wisconsin. According to Sigari, his firm is currently the world’s top dealer in pre-owned Cessna Citations and Embraer business jets. Following this latest move, the company, which can hold $40 million in aircraft inventory, plans to expand its activity in the Beechcraft King Air, Piper Meridian and Bombardier business jet product lines.
