Despite a tumultuous year that saw the company pushed to the verge of bankruptcy, Diamond Aircraft‘s sales increased by a healthy 33 percent last year, according to Q4 numbers released by the company. Diamond said it made a total of 185 deliveries last year, a substantial leap from the 139 deliveries made in the year prior.
With the increase, Diamond bucked the trend of flat sales experienced by the aviation industry as a whole during 2011, a year that saw 860 orders for piston aircraft and 340 for turboprops, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
