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You can find further information on General Aviation in the Manufacturing Database. Welcome to General Aviation/Business Aviation Information & Data on AeroWeb. The term general air traffic is understood as all types of traffic with the exception of planned civil and industrial traffic. In this section you will find the worldwide and US sale and shipment of General Aircraft (excluding helicopters) as well as the sale by General Airline companies, model and fleet.

By 2018 there will be more than 446,000 General aviation planes in the global fleets, from small trainer planes to choppers and even continental businesspiers. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) estimates that the general airline sector accounts for more than $219 billion of the U.S. annual economic output and more than 1.1 million jobs.

General navigation airplanes in the USA record almost 25 million flying hours each year. More than two third of this data is destined for commercial use. From December 2007 to June 2009, the economic downturn had a severe effect on the General aviation (GA) aerospace sector. However, the downtrend halted in 2010 and the number of planes delivered rose by 4.8% from 2,023 in 2010 to 2,120 in 2011.

Deliveries of US-manufactured aircrafts rose by 3.6% from 1,465 in 2011 to 1,518 in 2012. By 2017, global air traffic had risen to 2,324 planes (plus 4.3%), while US air traffic was 1,596 planes (plus 2.5%). By 2016, global air traffic had fallen to 2,268 planes (down 2.7%), while US air traffic was 1,531 planes (down 3.8%).

As a result of the effects of the subprime mortgage and the 2007/09 economic downturn, revenues from corporate jetliners and reciprocating airliners slumped and, from 2017, will not even come near the record highs of 2007. In 2007-2010, the number of GA airplanes produced worldwide fell by an astonishing 52. 8 percent from 4,276 planes in 2007 to 2,020 in 2010.

Producers in the United States recorded a 59.3% decline in output from 3,279 to 1,334 unit sales. One important factor why General Aviation shipments, both globally and in the US, are still well below the 2007 peaks is that the cost per plane has nearly doubled. However, the prices of General Aviation airplanes in the United States are still far below the 2007 peaks. Mean prices for a reciprocating jet that is the most frequent model have risen from $328,000 in 2007 to $662,000.

Even the mean cost of a corporate plane has risen from $12.5 million to $26.6 million over the same timeframe. Simultaneously, the median cost of turbo-props fell from $3.5 million to $2.6 million, resulting in higher unit shipments of these types.

GAMA (Daten der General Aviation Manufacturers Association). The General Airline (GA) airframe manufacturer has seen a relatively moderate decline in sales compared to the sharp decline in unit sales. In 2008-2012, global GA plane manufacturing sales declined by 23%. Producers in the United States saw a much higher number of 39. Sales in 2013 increased both in the USA (+38.1%) and globally (+24.1%).

Global sales fell significantly in 2016 (-12.6%), but less so in the USA (-3.5%). Sales fell by 4.2% in 2017 globally and by as much as 8.5% in the USA. Compared to the sharp decline in deliveries, sales did not fall nearly as sharply. US aircraft manufacturer have more than doubling the cost per piece of corporate aircraft since 2008.

With 85% and 89% of 2017 revenue respectively, US and global revenue from commercial jet revenue accounts for the lion's share of total US and global revenue. Piston airplanes make up only 4% of global turnover and 5% in the USA: GAMA (Daten der General Aviation Manufacturers Association). The General Air crafting ('GA') industry has drastically increased its price to compensate for the decline in unit sales. However, the price of the new GA equipment has not yet reached the level of the previous year.

It is clear to OEMs that a privately owned plane is a very price-inelastic item when there is little market for it - so they can raise fares without almost as sharp a drop in market demands. Between 2007 and 2010, the GA plane global GA plane has almost nearly doubled in value from $5.1 million to $9.8 million (+91%).

US producers also increased their rates, albeit "only" by 64% ($3.6 million in 2007 to $5.9 million in 2010). Global General Aviation air fares fell by 8.0% in 2011, followed by a 1.5% decline in 2012. By 2017, the median airfare was $8.7 million, down 6.6% from 2016).

GAMA (Daten der General Aviation Manufacturers Association). Reciprocating airplanes are the world's best-selling general aviation airplanes, followed by commercial airplanes and turbo-props. Of the 2,324 planes shipped around the world in 2017, 1,085 (47%) were equipped with reciprocating engines, 676 (29%) with jet engines and 563 (24%) with turbo-props. Of the 2,262 planes shipped around the world in 2016, 1,019 (45%) were equipped with reciprocating engines, 667 (29%) with jet engines and 582 (26%) with turbo-props.

During 2017, sales of reciprocating airliners (+6.5%) and corporate jetliners ( +1.3%) rose, while turbo prop sales declined by 3.3%. GAMA (Daten der General Aviation Manufacturers Association). Supplies of reciprocating engines in the United States exceed those of jet liners and turbo-props. Of the 1,596 planes supplied in 2017, 786 (49%) were equipped with reciprocating engines, 401 (25%) with jet engines and 409 (26%) with turbo-props.

Of the 1,531 planes supplied in 2016, 718 (47%) were equipped with reciprocating engines, 402 (26%) with jet engines and 411 (27%) with turbo-props. Deliveries of turbo-prop airplanes increased by 76 units in 2011. 3 percent and a new sector tendency arose as sales of turbo-prop airplanes exceeded sales of commercial airplanes for the first year.

Between 2014 and 2017, the delivery of turbo-prop airplanes decreased by 22%, but is still slightly above that of corporate airplanes. During 2017, corporate airliner sales decreased by 0.2%, while sales of reciprocating engines rose strongly (+9.5%). GAMA (Daten der General Aviation Manufacturers Association). Between 2008 and 2011, general aviation aeroplane export in the USA drastically decreased from 1,161 to 486 planes or an astonishing 58.

By 2012, export sales had risen to 720 planes (+48.1%), returning to the ground that had been left behind in 2011. Recently, after some relatively shallow years, in 2015 export fell to 524 planes from 696 planes in 2014 (-24.7%). By 2016, export fell further to 453 planes (-13.5% compared to 2015). By 2017, export had risen again to 541 planes (+19.4%).

GAMA (Daten der General Aviation Manufacturers Association). Cessna ( Textron Airlines ) was the biggest general aviation producer in 2017 with 487 units sold (479 in 2016) by number of units sold. Cirrus is in second place with 377 of 320 planes in 2016. The TECNAM and Piper aircrafts are in 3rd and 4th place respectively, with 171 and 155 aircrafts supplied in 2017.

Bombardier supplied 138 planes, up from 162 in 2016 (-14.8%). After a sharp drop in supplies in 2016, Gulfstream (ninth place) was not able to make up the shortfall and in 2017 supplied 120 jet engines - one jet less than in 2016. Cessna ( Textron Airlines ) had a poor year in 2016 with 479 units shipped (539 in 2015), but still managed to sell more General Aviation planes than any other business.

Cirrus is in second place with 320 aircrafts supplied compared to 301 in 2015. In 2016, TECNAM and Bombardier ranked third and fourth, with 191 and 162 airplanes respectively in delivery. Beechcraft (part of Textron Aviation) shipped 151 planes, up from 158 in 2015.

Gulfstream (8th place) recorded a significant decline in deliveries in 2016 and in 2015 shipped 33 fewer aircrafts (121 vs. 154). If General Aeronautics producers are ordered by turnover, other firms, namely corporate jets, are at the top. For the fifth year in a row, Gulfstream is the world's biggest general aviation aerospace company in terms of sales.

With 2.87 billion dollars, Textron Aviation (Cessna + Beechcraft), the overall market leaders in terms of unit numbers handled, is in third place. Dassault, a firm that is not even among the top 10 of the total number of entities selling, is in fourth place with a turnover of 2.42 billion dollars in 2015, followed by the Brazilian Embraer (1.35 billion dollars). The figures do not contain revenue from the sale of wide-body jets such as the Airbus A330 and Boeing 787.

The Cirrus SR22T (piston) was the best-selling general Aviation airliner in 2017 with 174 deliveries (compared to 149 in 2016). Having taken the helm in 2015, the Cessna CE-172S Skyhawk SP (piston) now ranks third with 129 consignments, up from 100 in 2016.

With 90 aircraft delivered by its biggest corporate aircraft (mainly the 650 and 650ER), Gulfstream took fourth place, followed by the Pilatus PC-12 Turbo Prop (85 shipped), the ASTM - LSA (piston) from TECNAM Aircraft (72), the Diamond DA40 (60), the Cessna CE-208B Grand Caravan EX Turbo Prop (59), Bombardier Challenger 350 (56), Embraer Phenom 300 (54) and the Cessna CE-680A Citation Latitude (54).

By 2017, outside the top 15, HA-420 HondaJet shipments had almost more than doubled from 23 to 43s. Four percent of 35 to 46 planes. The best sold General Aircraft in 2016 was the Cirrus SR22T (piston) with 149 unit shipments, up from 142 or +4.9% in 2015.

With the SR22, Cirrus also occupies second place (133 delivered in 2016 compared to 128 in 2015). Third place went to the Cessna CE-172S Skyhawk SP (pistons - 100 units delivered), followed by the Gulfstream G450/G550/G650/G650 Jet (94) and Pilatus PC-12 (turboprop - 91). Cessna' s Diamond DA40 and CE-172S Skyhawk SP shipments collapsed in 2016.

The DA40 shipments decreased by 44. shipments of the CE-172S Skyhawk decreased by 30 percent. Due to the 2007-2009 downturn and changes in markets such as higher aeroplane fares, the number of General aviation planes in the US fell from 231,606 in 2007 to 213,050 at the end of 2017, a decline of 8.0%.

The Federal Administration of Aeronautics (FAA) forecasts that the general Aviation industry in the United States will increase its general aviation wing from 213,905 planes in 2018 (projection) to 214,090 planes by 2038.