Manufacturers

The companies that build the world’s business aircraft.

Textron Aviation

Wichita, Kansas, United States · 2014

Textron Aviation was formed in 2014 by combining Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker under Textron Inc., uniting brands whose histories reach back to 1927 and 1932. It is the world's highest-volume business aircraft manufacturer, producing the Citation jet family from the M2 Gen2 to the Longitude alongside the King Air turboprop line. In 2024 the company delivered 151 Citations and roughly 80 King Airs, and it is currently introducing the Citation Ascend, CJ3 Gen2 and the clean-sheet Beechcraft Denali turboprop.

Models in database: 18
2024 deliveries: 232
Fleet in service: 14,000

Pilatus Aircraft

Stans, Nidwalden, Switzerland · 1939

Pilatus was founded in 1939 in Stans, Switzerland, and built its reputation on rugged utility aircraft such as the PC-6 Porter before the PC-12 single-engine turboprop became the best-selling aircraft in its class. The PC-24 'Super Versatile Jet', introduced in 2018, is the only business jet certified for unpaved runways and now accounts for around 50 deliveries a year. Privately held and vertically integrated, Pilatus delivered 147 PC-12s and PC-24s in 2024 and operates a growing completion and service center in Broomfield, Colorado.

Models in database: 2
2024 deliveries: 147
Fleet in service: 2,400

Bombardier

Montréal, Québec, Canada · 1942

Bombardier began as a snowmobile maker in 1942 and entered aviation through the 1986 acquisition of Canadair, later adding Learjet and de Havilland Canada. After divesting its rail and commercial aircraft businesses it became a pure-play business jet manufacturer in 2020, with the Challenger 3500 and 650 in the midsize and large segments and the Global 5500, 6500, 7500 and 8000 at the top. Bombardier delivered 146 jets in 2024, the largest number of any business aircraft OEM, and the Global 8000 entered service in December 2025 as the fastest civil aircraft since Concorde.

Models in database: 17
2024 deliveries: 146
Fleet in service: 5,000

Gulfstream Aerospace

Savannah, Georgia, United States · 1958

Gulfstream traces its roots to the 1958 Grumman Gulfstream I turboprop and has been a General Dynamics subsidiary since 1999, building large-cabin business jets in Savannah, Georgia. It defined the ultra-long-range segment with the GV and G650 and today leads the top of the market with the fly-by-wire G500, G600, G700 and G800, complemented by the super-midsize G280 and the forthcoming G400. Gulfstream delivered 136 aircraft in 2024, the most of any large-cabin manufacturer, and its fleet of more than 3,000 jets is supported by a company-owned global service network.

Models in database: 11
2024 deliveries: 136
Fleet in service: 3,200

Embraer Executive Jets

São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil · 1969

Embraer, founded in 1969 as a Brazilian state enterprise and privatized in 1994, entered business aviation in 2000 with the Legacy 600 and has since built a full portfolio from the Phenom 100EX to the Praetor 600. The Phenom 300 has been the world's best-selling light jet for more than a decade, and the fly-by-wire Praetor family has won major fleet orders from NetJets and Flexjet. Executive jet deliveries rose to 130 in 2024 and 155 in 2025, supported by final assembly lines in Brazil and Melbourne, Florida.

Models in database: 8
2024 deliveries: 130
Fleet in service: 1,900

Cirrus Aircraft

Duluth, Minnesota, United States · 1984

Cirrus Aircraft was founded in 1984 by brothers Alan and Dale Klapmeier and revolutionized general aviation with the SR20 and SR22 pistons and their whole-airframe parachute. Owned by China's AVIC General since 2011, the company certified the single-engine Vision Jet in 2016 and added the Safe Return emergency autoland system in 2020. The Vision Jet has been the best-selling jet by unit volume for several years, with more than 700 delivered, and Cirrus completed an initial public offering in Hong Kong in 2024.

Models in database: 1
2024 deliveries: 96
Fleet in service: 700

Daher Aircraft

Tarbes, Occitanie, France · 1863

Daher is a family-owned French industrial group dating to 1863 whose aircraft division builds the TBM very fast turboprop in Tarbes and, since the 2019 acquisition of Quest Aircraft, the Kodiak utility turboprop in Sandpoint, Idaho. The TBM 960 is the fastest single-engine turboprop in production and features Garmin's HomeSafe emergency autoland, while the Kodiak 900 extends the rugged Kodiak 100 into executive-capable roles. Daher delivered 82 TBMs and Kodiaks in 2024, an 11 percent increase, with a backlog stretching into 2026.

Models in database: 2
2024 deliveries: 82
Fleet in service: 1,500

Dassault Aviation

Saint-Cloud, Paris, France · 1929

Dassault Aviation, founded by Marcel Bloch in 1929, is unique in building both the Rafale fighter and the Falcon business jet family, sharing digital flight control and aerodynamic expertise between the two. Falcons are known for trijet designs, short-field agility and low fuel burn, and the current line spans the 2000LXS, 900LX, 6X, 7X and 8X. The company delivered 31 Falcons in 2024 and 37 in 2025, and its next flagship, the ultra-long-range Falcon 10X with the largest cabin in business aviation, first flew in June 2026 ahead of a planned 2027 entry into service.

Models in database: 10
2024 deliveries: 31
Fleet in service: 2,100

Honda Aircraft Company

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States · 2006

Honda Aircraft Company was established in 2006 in Greensboro, North Carolina, to commercialize the HondaJet concept that Michimasa Fujino had developed over two decades of research. The HA-420 entered service in 2015 with its distinctive over-the-wing engine mounts and GE Honda HF120 engines, and the current Elite II has been the most-delivered very light jet for several years with over 250 HondaJets in service. The company is now developing the larger HondaJet Echelon light jet, which is intended to fly in 2026 and enter service in 2028.

Models in database: 2
2024 deliveries: 11
Fleet in service: 270

Airbus Corporate Jets

Toulouse (Blagnac), Occitanie, France · 1997

Airbus Corporate Jets was created in 1997 to market VIP versions of Airbus airliners, starting with the A319-based ACJ and now spanning the ACJ TwoTwenty, ACJ319neo, ACJ320neo and widebody ACJ330neo and ACJ350. Its aircraft are delivered green to completion centers such as Comlux, Fokker Techniek and AMAC, where bespoke interiors with bedrooms, lounges and conference rooms are installed. More than 200 Airbus corporate jets are in service with governments, corporations and private owners, and the ACJ TwoTwenty has broadened the brand's appeal to buyers of large purpose-built business jets.

Models in database: 3
2024 deliveries: 4
Fleet in service: 220

Boeing Business Jets

Seattle, Washington, United States · 1996

Boeing Business Jets was launched in 1996 as a joint venture with General Electric to offer a VIP version of the 737-700, and the BBJ family has since grown to include the BBJ MAX 7, 8 and 9 as well as widebody 777X and 787 variants. More than 270 BBJs have been delivered to heads of state, corporations and private individuals, most completed by independent centers such as Jet Aviation, Greenpoint and Lufthansa Technik. Current production centers on the BBJ MAX 8, while BBJ MAX 7 deliveries await certification of the 737-7 airliner.

Models in database: 3
2024 deliveries: 3
Fleet in service: 270

Piaggio Aerospace

Villanova d'Albenga, Liguria, Italy · 1884

Piaggio Aerospace descends from the Piaggio company founded in 1884 and is best known for the P.180 Avanti, a three-lifting-surface pusher turboprop introduced in 1990 that remains the fastest turboprop in the world. After years of financial difficulty and extraordinary administration since 2018, the company was acquired by Turkish drone maker Baykar in 2025 with a plan to revive Avanti EVO production and support the roughly 200 aircraft in service. Piaggio also performs engine maintenance and builds the P.1HH unmanned derivative of the Avanti.

Models in database: 1
2024 deliveries: 3
Fleet in service: 200

Eclipse Aerospace

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States · 1998

Eclipse Aviation was founded in 1998 by Vern Raburn to build the Eclipse 500, the aircraft that created the very-light-jet category before the company's 2008 bankruptcy. Eclipse Aerospace acquired the assets in 2009, resumed production with the improved Eclipse 550 in 2013 and later merged into One Aviation, which itself failed in 2018. The type certificate and support business were acquired by AML Global in 2021, and the company now focuses on parts, upgrades and maintenance for the roughly 280 Eclipse jets still flying.

Models in database: 1
2024 deliveries: —
Fleet in service: 280

Nextant Aerospace

Cleveland, Ohio, United States · 2007

Nextant Aerospace, part of Kenn Ricci's Directional Aviation group, pioneered the concept of remanufacturing business jets by rebuilding Beechjet 400A/XP airframes as the 400XT and 400XTi with new Williams engines and Pro Line 21 avionics. Around 70 were delivered from 2011, largely to Flight Options and international charter operators, and the company later launched the G90XT King Air conversion and studied a Challenger 604-based 604XT. Nextant has not delivered new remanufactured aircraft in recent years and now concentrates on supporting the existing 400XT fleet.

Models in database: 1
2024 deliveries: —
Fleet in service: 65

SyberJet Aircraft

Cedar City, Utah, United States · 2011

SyberJet Aircraft was formed in 2011 when MSC Aerospace acquired the SJ30 program from Emivest Aerospace, the latest in a line of owners since the design's origins at Swearingen in the late 1980s. The SJ30 is a swept-wing light jet capable of Mach 0.83 and 2,500 nm with a sea-level cabin to 41,000 ft, and SyberJet has been developing the SJ30i with Honeywell Epic-based SyberVision avionics. Fewer than ten SJ30s have been delivered in total, and the company has yet to begin series production of the SJ30i at its Cedar City, Utah facility.

Models in database: 1
2024 deliveries: —
Fleet in service: 6

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