Aircraft
Nordam Issue 'Hampers' G500/G600 Sales, Deliveries
There will be enough nacelles to support eight to 10 G500 deliveries in the fourth quarter.
Issues with nacelle supply has hurt both sales and deliveries of the new Gulfstream G500. With the issue now resolved, it hopes to ramp up G500 deliveries over the next two quarters. (Photo: Chad Trautvetter/AIN)
Issues with nacelle supply has hurt both sales and deliveries of the new Gulfstream G500. With the issue now resolved, it hopes to ramp up G500 deliveries over the next two quarters. (Photo: Chad Trautvetter/AIN)

The Nordam nacelle issue “hampered” G500 deliveries and order intake for this model and its G600 sibling during the third quarter at Gulfstream, Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of parent company General Dynamics, said this morning during an investor conference call. This issue “is now behind us…and customers have been comforted” by Gulfstream’s acquisition of the nacelle manufacturing line.