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GAMA: YTD Business Jet, Turboprop Deliveries Climb
Third-quarter delivery numbers reveal a business jet industry firmly on track for its third straight year of gains.
Deliveries of recently certified models such as Embraer's Legacy 500 have helped boost shipments over the 2014 tally through the first three quarters of the year. (Photo: Embraer)
Deliveries of recently certified models such as Embraer's Legacy 500 have helped boost shipments over the 2014 tally through the first three quarters of the year. (Photo: Embraer)

AIN Gama numbers December 2015

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The industry is on track to deliver more business jets for the third consecutive year, having reached the bottom of the recent trough in 2012. According to third-quarter statistics released last month by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), 465 business jets were delivered worldwide in the first three quarters of this year, a gain of 4.3 percent year-over-year. Billings climbed to $15.7 billion from $15.5 billion. However, those numbers should rise since they lack third-quarter input from Dassault, which has chosen to release its delivery numbers biannually, at mid-year and year-end. In its calculations, GAMA removed the French airframer’s deliveries for the third quarter of 2014 to maintain the year-over-year comparison.


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