Composite Technically Advanced Aircraft are advancing, which continues a multi-year trend, based on shipment statistics reported by the General Aviation Manufacturer’s Association (GAMA.areo) for June 30, 2014. Continue reading “Advanced Composite – Piston Single-Engine Market Share Mid-2014”
Category: Market Share
High Performance Piston Single-Engine Market Share 2013
What’s the market share among high performance piston single-engine airplanes? Last year, GAMA reported 831 piston single-engine planes shipped which included tail wheel and light sport aircraft. From that 831 total, Continue reading “High Performance Piston Single-Engine Market Share 2013”
Cirrus Aircraft Shipments 2013
How many airplanes has Cirrus Aircraft manufactured? Cirrus Aircraft has shipped a total of 5,600 airplanes. In 2013, Cirrus shipped 276 airplanes which was a 9.1% increase over the prior year. Yet deliveries are still running half pre-recession levels. Continue reading “Cirrus Aircraft Shipments 2013”
How Many Cirrus SR22 G2s Shipped?
Matt Bergwall, with Cirrus Aircraft, said the first official SR22-G2 was serial number 0821 produced in 2004 and the last generation two SR22-G2 was produced in the spring of 2007 as serial number 2437. Cirrus shipped a total of about 1,616 SR22-G2’s. Continue reading “How Many Cirrus SR22 G2s Shipped?”
Turbo Single-Engine Market Share 2013
Who is the turbo single-engine market leader? In 2013, the turbo single-engine market share was still consolidated among just a few manufacturers. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) second quarter report provided the numbers for this discussion – “Personal transportation with piston turbo single-engine airplanes.” Continue reading “Turbo Single-Engine Market Share 2013”
High-Performance Piston Single-Engine Airplane Market Share Mid-2013
What is the mid-2013 market share for high performance piston single-engine airplanes? Last week I spoke with Jens Hennig, Vice President of Operations, General Aviation Manufacturer Association (GAMA) about piston single-engine shipments in the first half of this year. Continue reading “High-Performance Piston Single-Engine Airplane Market Share Mid-2013”
Who are Cirrus Aircraft’s Target Customers?
Matt Bergwall, Cirrus Product Marketing Manager, describes the typical Cirrus Aircraft

target customer as a person who is the owner and operator of the plane. They fly for business and pleasure, and they have a regional travel need. A typical customer is not comparing a conventional tail wheel or multi-engine with a Cirrus Aircraft.
In 2012, the typical target customer for a new Cirrus Aircraft probably decided among the competing manufacturer’s listed below. From Continue reading “Who are Cirrus Aircraft’s Target Customers?”
What is Cirrus Aircraft’s Market Share?
This past week I spoke with Matt Bergwall, Cirrus Product Marketing Manager, to find out

what is Cirrus Aircraft’s market share. We reviewed airplane shipments recorded in the General Aviation Manufacturer’s Association Report (GAMA) and he described the target customer that purchases a Cirrus Aircraft. Continue reading “What is Cirrus Aircraft’s Market Share?”