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New Business Turboprops 2015
While turboprops are hardly new technology, the way they are being marketed to a new generation of end-users is fresh.
Ikhana's X2 package for the legacy de Havilland Canada Twin Otter gives owners of timed-out aircraft an economically viable alternative to buying a new aircraft. (Photo: Ikhana)
Ikhana's X2 package for the legacy de Havilland Canada Twin Otter gives owners of timed-out aircraft an economically viable alternative to buying a new aircraft. (Photo: Ikhana)

AIN 2015 New Turboprops

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While the light jet market remains depressed, business turboprops are holding their own and development of new models continues, albeit unevenly. According to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, 603 new business turboprops were sold last year compared with 722 new business jets. That’s down slightly from the recent record 645 new turboprops shipped in 2013, but given the global economic slide, an impressive showing nevertheless. Digging deep into those numbers reveals that the primacy of the single-engine turboprop endures as they accounted for 474 of the total, and 157 of them were pressurized singles, predominantly the Pilatus PC-12NG and (with 51 delivered) the Daher TBM 900.


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