Daher Delivers Its 600th TBM 900-Series

Private owner Jim Baum takes delivery of Daher’s TBM 960 at the Paris Air Show.

Jack Daleo

Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 08:25 AM ET

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The recipient of Daher’s 600th TBM 900-series, Jim Baum (right), celebrates the delivery at the Paris Air Show with Daher Aircraft vice president of sales Michel Adam de Villers (left) and CEO Nicolas Chabbert. [Jack Daleo/FLYING]

Key Takeaways:

Daher marked a significant milestone by delivering its 600th TBM 900-series aircraft, a line that has become the best-seller within the TBM family, accounting for nearly half of over 1,260 total TBM deliveries.
The TBM's success is attributed to its unique blend of jet-like speed with turboprop efficiency, allowing access to shorter runways, lower fuel consumption, and operational efficiency, complemented by advanced pilot-assist features like autoland.
Recipient of the 600th TBM 960, Jim Baum, exemplified its versatility, using it for extensive personal travel and appreciating its capabilities in various conditions and its workload-reducing technologies.
Daher plans to continue innovating, aiming to launch a "more electric" (likely hybrid-electric) aircraft, derived from existing models, by 2027, building on its EcoPulse demonstrator project.

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PARIS—Since acquiring a majority stake in French manufacturer Socata in 2009, Daher has taken the company’s TBM family of single-engine turboprops to new heights. On Thursday at the Paris Air Show, it delivered its 600th TBM 900-series.

The 900-series, launched in 2014 with the TBM 900, is the best-seller in the TBM family, accounting for almost half of all deliveries to date. More than 1,260 TBMs have been rolled out since the introduction of the TBM 700 35 years ago, and the lightweight aircraft have logged more than 2.6 million hours in service globally.