Aircraft
GAMA: Bizjet, Piston Deliveries Up, Turboprops Down
The private jet market is seeing a boost from new aircraft, while the turboprop segment faces headwinds.
Pilatus's versatile PC-24 light jet helped buoy business jet delivery totals for the first half of 2019. The Swiss manufacturer ramped up its production from three in the first half of 2018 to 16 in the first six months of this year. Overall private jet airframers boosted their deliveries year-over-year by 35 units, an increase of 12.5 percent.
Pilatus's versatile PC-24 light jet helped buoy business jet delivery totals for the first half of 2019. The Swiss manufacturer ramped up its production from three in the first half of 2018 to 16 in the first six months of this year. Overall private jet airframers boosted their deliveries year-over-year by 35 units, an increase of 12.5 percent.

Boosted by business jet and piston shipments, general aviation airplane billings and deliveries respectively rose 12.9 percent and 7.8 percent year-over-year, according to first-half 2019 statistics released today by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA).