Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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The business jet market in North America continues to recover, while in Western Europe it is “off the bottom,” UBS Global Research aerospace analysts noted yesterday. “Bizjet deliveries into North America have grown modestly in each of the last several years and we anticipate further improvement in [this region] driven by pent-up corporate replacement demand,” they said.


First-quarter deliveries of business jets, excluding very light jets, climbed by 23 percent year-over-year. By world region, first-quarter shipments of business jets rose the highest in Latin America, up 54 percent, followed by North America (+36 percent), China/India (+13 percent) and Western Europe (+5 percent). This was partially offset by a 56-percent decline in deliveries to other Asia-Pacific countries, according to the UBS data. On a rolling 12-month basis, global deliveries are 4 percent higher, led by 11-percent growth in North America and with Western Europe also “slightly higher.”


By aircraft categories, large-cabin jets are now about 10 percent above the prior peak, climbing 11 percent in the first quarter versus the same period a year ago. Shipments of light jets were up 67 percent, while midsize cabin deliveries declined 3 percent, UBS said. On a rolling 12-month basis, light jet deliveries are up 7 percent; large-cabin jets up 13 percent; and midsize jets down 20 percent.

Bizjet Deliveries Boosted by Growing North America Demand

Large-cabin jet deliveries are now about 10 percent above the previous peak, climbing 11 percent in the first quarter.

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