Aircraft
Gulfstream Bizjet Sales Soar to Second-best Quarter Ever
Company delivered 158 business jets in 2025, up from 136 in 2024
Gulfstream G700 at Savannah
The preowned business jet market will become softer as Gulfstream G700 deliveries begin and customers trade up to the newly certified model. © Chad Trautvetter/AIN

Gulfstream Aerospace logged its second-highest sales period in the fourth quarter, eclipsed only by second-quarter 2008, Phebe Novakovic—chairman and CEO of parent company General Dynamics (GD)—said this morning during an investor call. The Savannah, Georgia business jet manufacturer also achieved book-to-bill ratios of 1.3:1 in the fourth quarter and 1.2:1 for the year, catapulting GD’s aerospace backlog to $21.83 billion, up $2.2 billion from a year earlier.

While the OEM delivered two fewer aircraft in the quarter year over year (YOY), its 2025 total climbed to 158 jets (22 super-midsize G280s and 136 large cabins), up from 136 (18 G280s and 118 large cabins) in 2024. In the fourth quarter, it handed over 45 aircraft (four G280s and 41 large cabins), compared with 47 (five G280s and 42 large cabins) a year ago.