Bizav deliveries revert to levels recorded in ’99
Shipments of new turbine business aircraft manufactured throughout the world have taken a nose dive since last year.

Shipments of new turbine business aircraft manufactured throughout the world have taken a nose dive since last year. This year’s deliveries totaled 601 units in the first nine months, down 196 (25 percent), from the same period last year, according to figures compiled by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and AIN.

Turboprops took the biggest hit, from 226 delivered in the first three quarters of last year to 104 in the same period this year, a decline of 53.9 percent. Only the Piaggio Avanti and the TBM 700 single showed an improvement among turboprops.

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