NBAA 2016 – 25 Years of Growth and Innovation in Business Aviation from 1991 to 2016.

ORLANDO, FLORIDA – Honeywell Aerospace issued a table showing the evolution of business aviation in the last 25 years.

So from 1991 to 2016 :

• The world’s fleet of business aircraft grew from 7300 aircraft to 20000, an inccrease of 1755;
• The number of Original Equipment Manufacturers OEM went from 7 to 6.
• The number of countries with registered business aircraft grew almost 50% from 114 to 160.
• The longest range for a business aircraft jumped from 4500NM to 7500NM, an improvement of 67%
• The deliveries of business jets was multiplied by 2,5 going from 265 aircraft in 1991 to 660 in 2016.
• The value of delivery jumped 7 times to reach US$18 billions in 2016 compared to US$2,6 in 1991.
• The number of operators almost tripled from 4500 to 13000.
• The fastest cruise of a busines jet improved 11% from 0.84Mach in 1991 to 0.93Mach in 2016.
• The number of models available went from 13 to 30 an increase of 130%.
• The number of classes of aircraft grew from 5 (LT, MED, SM, LG, LR) to 10 (LT, MED, SM, LG, LR, VLJ, LM, ULR, HS ULR, GA).
• The share of the international fleet went from 28 to 35%.
• The biggest cabin diameters increased 11% to go from 92 to 102 inches.

 

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