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AEA Reports Avionics Sales Over $1 Billion for First Half of 2021

To maintain confidentiality, AEA uses an independent third party to compile their Avionics Market Reports. About 55 percent of avionics sales through 2Q21 were from retrofits. Aircraft Electronics Association
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Key Takeaways:

  • The avionics industry recorded over $1 billion in sales for the first half of 2021, representing a 7.1% decrease from the first half of 2020, though second-quarter sales alone increased by 2.1% year-over-year.
  • Retrofit sales accounted for 55% of the total, exceeding forward-fit sales (45%), with the majority (75.2%) of sales originating from the U.S. and Canada.
  • The report indicates a mixed outlook due to factors like supply chain issues and travel restrictions, but positive signs such as new products and resilient consumers suggest continued growth for general aviation.
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According to its second quarter 2021 Avionics Market Report, the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) says sales during the first half of 2021 exceeded $1 billion.

Dan Pimentel

Dan Pimentel is an instrument-rated private pilot and former airplane owner who has been flying since 1996. As an aviation journalist and photographer, he has covered all aspects of the general and business aviation communities for a long list of major aviation magazines, newspapers and websites. He has never met a flying machine that he didn’t like, and has written about his love of aviation for years on his Airplanista blog. For 10 years until 2019, he hosted the popular ‘Oshbash’ social media meetup events at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

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