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2025: Global business jet sales up 12% year-over-year to reach 854

The total income from the supply of aircraft in 2025 for the first time exceeded the mark of $35 billion: the preliminary cost of all delivered cars reached $35.7 billion, which is 14.6% more than in 2024. This data is contained in the annual report of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), published on February 18, 2026. In particular, the document recorded an increase in deliveries in the business jet segment (854 units, + 12%).

According to the report, the largest aircraft manufacturers include:

• Textron Aviation;
• Gulfstream Aerospace;
• Bombardier;
• Cirrus Aircraft;
• Piper Aircraft.

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GAMA President and CEO James Viola said the general aviation industry is showing stability. It noted strong overall delivery figures and record annual sales. Even with a slight decline in some segments, they all exceed 2019 levels, James Viola said. Manufacturers, as the head of the association emphasized, direct efforts to solve current problems and meet demand, focusing on improving security and introducing innovations.

According to the association report, in 2025, the supply of piston aircraft increased by 10 units, to 1782 cars. The segment of turboprop vessels decreased by 5.1%, to 594 units. The total cost of the sold aircraft amounted to $31.0 billion, which is 16.1% more than in 2024.

The helicopter segment delivered 206 piston-engined vehicles and 732 turbine-engined aircraft in 2025. This is 4 and 14 units, respectively, less compared to 2024. The preliminary cost of the delivered helicopters is estimated at $4.7 billion, which is about 5.5% higher than the result of 2024.^[1]

2021: Airbus remains biggest planemaker for third year in a row

Airbus remains the largest aircraft manufacturer for the third year in a row. This became known on January 10, 2022, when the company published data on the supply of liners for 2021. Read more here.

2020: 7.7% growth in global private jet sales, to 2,227 units

In 2020, 2227 private aircraft were sold around the world, which is 7.7% more than a year earlier. In money, the volume of this market reached $14.5 billion, according to data from the brokerage company Colibri Aircraft.

In the United States alone, second-hand private jet sales in 2020 rose nearly 10% from 2019 to reach 1,637. The United States accounts for more than 70% of the global used aircraft market, sales in the second largest market, Europe, are also showing growth. Researchers attribute the growth to the suspension of the global tourism industry and the bankruptcy of a number of airlines due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trade in used private jets is going well, as the benefits of private flights have been clearly demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Since the commercial aviation sector was destroyed and business aviation held up relatively well, it attracted many new people who had never flown privately before, "said Oliver Stone, Managing Director of Colibri Aircraft.

Sales of private aircraft in the world in 2020 increased by 7.7%

According to Colibri Aircraft, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the risks to passenger health associated with close contact with many other people have increased, as is the case with commercial airline flights. This was the main factor in the growth of the number of new customers in the private air transportation market.

European private jet operator GlobeAir, claims that there are almost 700 fewer common ground and opportunities for personal interaction between people than on commercial flights. In addition to purchases, demand for private jet rentals has also grown. Researchers note that private flights are ordered not only by companies and millionaires, but also among customers there are representatives of the middle class.^[2]

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