The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) released its second-quarter shipping and billing report Wednesday. It reveals year-over-year increases for piston, business jet, and piston helicopter segments, along with an increase in the overall value of shipments over the same time period for last year.
Deliveries of piston aircraft totaled 761 units, an increase of 7.3 percent over Q2 of 2023, according to GAMA. Bizjet deliveries were up 8.8 percent to 322 units, and the value of all airplane deliveries through the second quarter was up 24.2 percent to $11.3 billion. Among the fixed-wing segment, only turboprops lagged with a decrease in shippings of 3.4 percent to 280 units.
