GAMA sales report for last 9 months

The American Association of General Aviation Aircraft Manufacturers (GAMA) published the results of the work of manufacturers for the first three quarters of 2017. According to the data provided, the deliveries of these aircraft increased by 1.7%, compared to last year's similar indicators, and by 7.7% %. In total, 1532 aircrafts were transferred from January to September in the aircraft segment. During this period, customers received 724 piston aircraft (+ 4%) and 434 business jets (+ 1.4%). As for turboprop aircraft, the number of turboprops transferred, on the contrary, decreased by 2.1% to 374 aircraft. At the same time, the total value of all delivered cars fell by 2.8% to $ 13.2 billion. The greatest demand was for Textron Aviation corporation aircraft. The incoming manufacturers Cessna Aircraft and Beechcraft delivered 317 and 77 aircraft respectively, which totaled 394 cars. The most popular model was the Cessna-172S Skyhawk SP (customers received 75 such aircraft). Traditionally, the most percentage of aircraft deliveries fell to North America. Customers from this region received 1151 aircraft. Then follows Europe, where 319 cars were transferred. Operators of South America received 20 aircraft, and the remaining 42 vehicles were sold to other regions. The helicopter market showed more rapid growth compared to the same period last year - all delivered 661 cars. Sales of piston machines increased by 13.1% (190 units were transferred), and gas turbine cars - by 5.6% (471 units were transferred). The total cost of helicopters delivered increased by 8.8% to $ 2.7 billion . The leader of the helicopter segment was commissioned by the European manufacturer Airbus Helicopters, which for the first nine months handed over 242 cars to customers. The most popular models were H125 (85 aircrafts were transferred) and H145 (63 boards were delivered). ——————————————------------- AVIONIC - Magazine about aviation ✈ 📃  

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