GA deliveries up 19 percent over last year
General aviation manufacturers continue to show steady growth in deliveries and backlogs.

General aviation manufacturers continue to show steady growth in deliveries and backlogs. According to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), airframe builders delivered 2,842 piston and turbine airplanes in the first nine months of this year–nearly 19 percent more than the 2,391 shipments made in the same period last year.

Deliveries of business turboprops scored the highest growth rate–29.3 percent (212 shipped in the first three quarters of this year versus 164 in the same time frame last year). Business jet shipments increased 23.3 percent (from 511 to 629 period over period). Industry billings were up 28.6 percent, to $13.2 billion.

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