Editing Cirrus Aircraft (section)

{{Short description|Aircraft manufacturer located in the United States}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Cirrus Design Corporation
| logo = Cirrus Aircraft logo.svg
| logo_size = 300px
| logo_caption = Logo since February 2024
| trade_name = Cirrus Aircraft Ltd
| former_name = Cirrus Design (1984–2009)
| type = [[Public ]]
| traded_as = {{SEHK|2507}}
| genre = 
| fate = 
| predecessor = 
| successor = 
| foundation = {{start date and age|1984}} in [[Baraboo, Wisconsin]], United States
| founders = [[Klapmeier brothers|Alan & Dale Klapmeier]]
| defunct = 
| location_city = [[Duluth, Minnesota]]
| location_country = United States
| location = 
| locations = 
| area_served = Worldwide<ref>[https://cirrusaircraft.com/service-support/ Cirrus Aircraft - Service & Support]</ref>
| key_people = Zean Nielsen <small>([[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])</small><br />Patrick Waddick <small>(president, innovation & operations, Duluth division)</small><br />Todd Simmons <small>(president, customer experience, [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]] division)</small><ref>{{cite news|url = http://cirrusaircraft.com/cirrus-aircraft-expands-leadership-roles-of-simmons-and-waddick/|title = Cirrus Aircraft Expands Leadership Roles of Simmons and Waddick|access-date = 16 July 2015| last = Cirrus Aircraft News|date = 15 July 2015}}</ref><br />George Letten <small>(executive vice president & [[Chief Financial Officer|CFO]])</small><br />Ken Harness <small>(senior vice president, product development)</small><br />Ben Kowalski <small>(senior vice president, sales & marketing)</small><ref name=CirrusAbout>{{cite web|url=http://cirrusaircraft.com/about/|title=Cirrus Aircraft - Who We Are|author=Cirrus Aircraft|work=cirrusaircraft.com|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref><br />Dale Klapmeier <small>(senior advisor)</small>
| industry = [[Aerospace]]
| products = [[Light aircraft]]
| services = 
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| aum = 
| assets = 
| equity = 
| owner = [[China Aviation Industry General Aircraft]] (CAIGA)
| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|1.20 billion|link=yes}} (2024)<ref>{{cite web|url = https://longportapp.com/en/news/232986306 |title= CIRRUS announced its 2024 performance|date=March 2025|access-date=2 April 2025|work=Longport}}</ref>
| num_employees = 2,890 (2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/business/duluths-airport-boosts-1-4-billion-into-local-economy|title=Duluth airport contributes $1.4 billion to local economy|work=Duluth News Tribune|date=20 March 2025|access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref>
| parent = [[Aviation Industry Corporation of China]] (AVIC)
| divisions = 
| subsid = Flying Colors Aviation, Inc.
| homepage = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes = 
}}

The '''Cirrus Design Corporation''', doing business as '''Cirrus Aircraft''' (formally '''Cirrus Design'''), is an aircraft [[Aerospace engineering|design]], [[aircraft manufacturer|manufacturing]], [[Aircraft maintenance|maintenance]] and management company, as well as a provider of [[flight training]] services, that was founded in 1984 by [[Klapmeier brothers|Alan and Dale Klapmeier]] to produce the [[Cirrus VK-30|VK-30]] [[homebuilt aircraft]]. The company is headquartered in [[Duluth]], [[Minnesota]], United States, with operational locations in six other states across the US including [[North Dakota]], [[Tennessee]] (where its customer headquarters are based), [[Texas]], [[Arizona]], [[Florida]] and [[Michigan]], and additional sales locations in [[France]] and the [[Netherlands]].<ref name=YahooFinance/><ref name=YahooCirrus/><ref name=CirrusOrlando/><ref name=AviationPros/><ref name=EuropeanLocations/> It is majority-owned by a subsidiary of the [[Aviation Industry Corporation of China]] (AVIC).

Cirrus markets several versions of its three [[Type certificate|certificated]] single-engine [[light aircraft]] models: the [[Cirrus SR20|SR20]] (certified in 1998), [[Cirrus SR22|SR22]] (certified in 2000), and SR22T (certified in 2010). As of July 2024, the company had delivered 10,000 SR-aircraft in 25 years of production, and has been the world's largest producer of [[Reciprocating engine|piston-powered]] aircraft since 2013 and [[general aviation]] aircraft since 2022.<ref name=P&P>{{cite web|url=http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/pilot-talk/more-pilot-talk/aviation-1965-2015.html#.VowSRcCAOkr|title=Aviation 1965-2015|last = Davison|first =Budd|access-date = March 28, 2016|date = December 14, 2015|work= Plane&Pilot}}</ref><ref name=CirrusCollier>{{cite web|url = https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/april/04/cirrus-lands-collier|title = Cirrus Lands Collier|date=April 2018|access-date = 2018-05-26|last = Hirschman|first = Dave|work = AOPA}}</ref><ref name=SkiesMag/><ref name=FlyingMag10K>{{cite web|url=https://www.flyingmag.com/aircraft/cirrus-delivers-10000th-sr-series-aircraft/|title=Cirrus Delivers 10,000th SR Series Aircraft|date=July 23, 2024|access-date= July 29, 2024|work = Flying}}</ref> It is currently the third-largest aviation manufacturer in the world overall.<ref name=FlyingMag10K/>

Sales of the SR-series grew rapidly during the 2000s, until the [[economic crisis of 2008]]. Cirrus was planning to market a [[light-sport aircraft]] called the [[Cirrus SR Sport|SR Sport]], but suspended the project in 2009 due to financial challenges and a lack of market demand. This has since been cancelled. After a return to company growth and United States–based expansion in the 2010s, Cirrus certified and began deliveries of the [[Cirrus Vision SF50|Vision SF50]] [[very light jet]] in 2016.<ref name="CirrusSF50">{{cite web|url = http://cirrusaircraft.com/aircraft/vision-jet/|title = Cirrus Vision SF50|access-date = 2013-05-06}}</ref><ref name="avweb.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Cirrus-SF50-Personal-Jet-Getting-Ready-to-Ship-227222-1.html|title=Cirrus SF50 Certified: First Delivery in December|work=AVweb|last=Niles|first=Russ|date=October 30, 2016 |access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="DNTVisionDelivery"/> Upon its delivery, the aircraft became the first civilian single-engined jet to enter the market, and is often referred to as a "personal jet".<ref name=BismarkTribune/><ref name=AOPA.org/>

The company produces all of its aircraft with [[Carbon fiber reinforced polymer|composite materials]] and is known for pioneering new technologies in the light general aviation aircraft manufacturing industry, including [[glass cockpits]] and [[Cirrus Airframe Parachute System|full-airframe ballistic parachutes]].<ref name=P&P/><ref name=CirrusCollier/><ref name="10WaysSR22ChangedFlying">{{cite web|url=http://www.flyingmag.com/aircraft/pistons/10-ways-sr22-changed-flying?page=0,0|title = 10 Ways that the SR22 Changed Flying|last = Robert Goyer|year =2011}}</ref>

In 2001, Cirrus sold a majority of the company to [[Bahrain]]-based [[Arcapita]]. Ten years later, the manufacturer was acquired by [[China Aviation Industry General Aircraft]] (CAIGA), which is a division of the Chinese [[state owned enterprise|state-owned]] AVIC.<ref name="Niles22Ju12">{{cite news|url = http://www.avweb.com/news/airventure/EAAAirVenture2012_Cirrus_Upbeat_Under_Chinese_207017-1.html|title = One Year Later: Cirrus Upbeat Under Chinese Ownership|access-date = 24 July 2012|last = Niles|first = Russ|date = 22 July 2012| work = AVweb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caiga.cn/a/wangzhanyingwen/gongsigaikuang/gongsigudong|title=CAIGA website|date=5 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812001845/http://www.caiga.cn/a/wangzhanyingwen/gongsigaikuang/gongsigudong/|archive-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> In 2024, it became a minority [[public company|publicly-owned company]] as a component of the [[Hong Kong Stock Exchange]].<ref name=NikkeiAsia/>