In preparing FLYING’s general aviation market survey, we reviewed sales data through the first three quarters of 2024—data for the fourth quarter was not yet released in time for press—and compared it with the same period in 2023. The numbers show that for jets, turboprops, and pistons sales have been solid in all areas, with a total of 1,221 airplanes delivered in the first three quarters of 2024, over 1,131 in that time in 2023.
The solid sales record is consistent with the historically strong economy of the last several years and a stock market at all-time highs, even though there was an inflation surge that was expected during a long period of nearly full employment and rising wages.
