2025 FLYING Buyers Guide: Turboprops

Piper has seen growing sales of its single-engine turboprops, the M500 and M600 SLS.

Rick Durden

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 01:56 PM ET

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Edited By:

Travis Tingle

Pilatus PC-12 [Courtesy: Pilatus Aircraft]

Key Takeaways:

Piper saw growing sales driven by the successful launch of its M700 Fury, while Epic E1000 GX production nearly doubled, indicating increasing market recognition.
Daher's TBM 960 sales increased, supported by strong customer loyalty, and the company plans expansion with a new TBM factory in the U.S., while Kodiak 900 production also ramped up after addressing supply chain issues.
Textron Aviation experienced a substantial decline in single-engine turboprop sales, particularly for the Grand Caravan EX, contrasting with stable sales for its twin-engine Beechcraft King Air line, while Pilatus PC-12 sales saw a slight decrease.

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Correction: The useful load of the Epic E1000 GX is 2,860 pounds. The full fuel payload is 1,100. The print issue included incorrect data.

Piper entered 2024 with growing sales of its single-engine turboprops, the M500 and M600 SLS. In the second quarter, it made its first delivery of the M700 Fury, which we covered in FLYING Issue 949/July-August 2024. With a max cruise speed of 301 knots and a top-of-the-line Garmin avionics suite that includes Autoland, we rated the airplane highly. Buyers seemed to agree. Piper delivered 24 of them in the second and third quarters of the year—a healthy portion of the 36 total turboprops it sent off to new owners during that time frame, in comparison with 34 during the same time in 2023.