The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has published a mid-year industry update with the release of preliminary second quarter 2019 aircraft shipment and billings data. Piston and business jet deliveries increased through the first six months of 2019 compared to the same time period in 2018, while turboprop airplane\u00c2\u00a0and rotorcraft shipments were lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the year-to-date aircraft shipments are mixed,\nthis should not obscure the outlook for a bright future for general\naviation. Our mid-year report shows new aircraft reaching entry into service\nmilestones with additional models expected to enter into service before the end\nof 2019,\u201d said GAMA\u2019s President & CEO, Pete Bunce. \u201cOur members remain\nfocused on bringing safety enhancing new technology to the general aviation\nfleet and upgrading aircraft to meet fast approaching global mandates for\nAutomatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) and datalink communications.\nAdditionally, our industry\u2019s continued emphasis on developing airframes,\nengines, and avionics that improve fuel efficiency, our aggressive pursuit of\nhybrid and electrically propelled air vehicles, and promotion of the build out\nof the Sustainable Aviation Fuel infrastructure, should make us all proud of\nour collective commitment to environmental sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The piston market continued to lead the increase in\ndeliveries at 567 units, up 15.2% from the same period in 2018. Business jet\nshipments increased by 12.5% in the first six months of 2019 to 316 airplanes\ndelivered. Turboprop airplanes, however, declined in deliveries from\n260 to 231 units from the same reporting companies. The value of\nairplane deliveries through the first six months of 2019 was $9.0 billion,\nan increase of approximately 12.9%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rotorcraft deliveries slowed in the first six months of\n2019. Piston rotorcraft shipments declined from 149 units to 110 units. The\nindustry delivered 299 turbine rotorcraft, a reduction by 11.3% compared to\n2018. The value of rotorcraft shipments was $1.5 billion, a decline of\napproximately 13.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First Half Aircraft Shipments and Billings\nComparison<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Note: Second quarter shipment data was not available from\nthree airplane manufacturers at the time of publication. GAMA will update the\nreport online when the data has been released by the companies. The above\ncomparison table does not include second quarter 2018 data from these\nthree manufacturers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has published a mid-year industry update with the release of preliminary second quarter 2019 aircraft shipment and billings data. Piston and business jet deliveries increased through the first six months of 2019 compared to the same time period in 2018, while turboprop airplane\u00c2\u00a0and rotorcraft shipments were lower. \u201cWhile the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/G600-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13494,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13493\/revisions\/13494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n Aircraft Type<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n 2018<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n 2019<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n Change<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr><\/thead> \n Piston Airplanes<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n 492\n <\/td> \n 567\n <\/td> \n +15.2%\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Turboprops<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n 260\n <\/td> \n 231\n <\/td> \n -11.2%\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Business Jets<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n 281\n <\/td> \n 316\n <\/td> \n +12.5%\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Total Airplanes (*)<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n 1,033\n <\/td> \n 1,114\n <\/td> \n +7.8%\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Total Airplane Billings (*)<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n $8.0B\n <\/td> \n 9.0B\n <\/td> \n +12.9%\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Piston Rotorcraft<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n 149\n <\/td> \n 110\n <\/td> \n -26.2%\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Turbine Rotorcraft<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n 337\n <\/td> \n 299\n <\/td> \n -11.3%\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Total Rotorcraft<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n 486\n <\/td> \n 409\n <\/td> \n -15.8%\n <\/td><\/tr> \n Total Rotorcraft Billings<\/strong>\n <\/td> \n $1.7B\n <\/td> \n 1.5B\n <\/td> \n -13.1%\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n