Introduction: 2025 FLYING Buyers Guide

Dive into our survey of the general aviation market and new aircraft for this year.

Rick Durden

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 01:58 PM ET

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Edited By:

Kimberly Johnson

[Courtesy: Diamond Aircraft]

Key Takeaways:

The general aviation market experienced solid sales growth through the first three quarters of 2024, attributed to a strong economy and high demand, leading to increasing backlogs despite ongoing supply chain challenges.
The industry faces significant uncertainty due to a new presidential administration, including a freeze on new regulations, FAA staffing issues, and leadership vacancies, which could impede timely safety and technical standard advancements.
A major concern for manufacturers is the potential for high import tariffs, which could increase costs, reduce demand elasticity, and severely impact the general aviation market, especially the piston aircraft sector.

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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.