GAMA Numbers Show Continuing Health of General Aviation Market

The general aviation manufacturing industry saw more than 10 percent growth year over year through third quarter 2023, with pistons and turboprops the biggest winners.

Julie Boatman

Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 01:58 PM ET

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Jet deliveries rose only slightly through the first nine months of 2023, but Embraer posted significant gains, even ahead of the NBAA-BACE debut of its Phenom 100EX. [Julie Boatman]

Key Takeaways:

The general aviation market continues its strong post-pandemic recovery, with overall aircraft shipments increasing by 10.1% year-over-year through Q3 and total billings also on track to surpass 2022 levels.
Growth is primarily driven by significant increases in piston (11.9%) and turboprop (14.6%) aircraft shipments, while business jet deliveries saw a more modest 2% rise.
Despite lingering supply chain issues, workforce challenges, and global instability, the industry demonstrates resilience, with hopes for improved aircraft certification processes under a new permanent FAA administrator.

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The general aviation market continues its upward trend following the pandemic, according to the latest update from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. GAMA released its report catching up on the year through the third quarter late Tuesday. Overall, aircraft shipments increased 10.1 percent year over year from 2022. The growth further claws back ground over 2021 and 2020, and continues to gain over 2019 levels.

Total billings are on track to surpass 2022 as well, with $14.478 billion in airplane billings through the third quarter, and $2.695 billion in helicopter billings thus far. Totals through Q3 2022 were $14.117 billion and $2.557 billion, respectively.