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GAMA: General Aviation Aircraft Shipments, Billings Improve in 2022
Turboprop deliveries led the increases in 2022, according to GAMA, while supply chain problems tempered improving business jet deliveries, GAMA reported.
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Aircraft shipments were higher last year than in 2021, GAMA reported, and turboprop deliveries led the way with deliveries up 10.4 percent. (Photo: Daher)

Global business and general aviation fixed-wing aircraft shipments increased across all categories in 2022 with a combined improvement of 6.5 percent and a corresponding 5.8 percent rise in billings, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). Similarly, rotorcraft shipments and billings were up 7.5 percent and 6.8 percent, respectively.

GAMA, which released its year-end shipment report this afternoon during its annual "State of the Industry" press conference, reported that 2,818 fixed-wing aircraft were handed over last year, compared with 2,648 in the year earlier. Turboprop deliveries surged by 10.4 percent, while business jet deliveries improved by only 0.3 percent. Billings last year were $22.9 billion, up $1.3 billion from 2021.

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