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Business aircraft deliveries

2024 jet deliveries by manufacturer

Fleet by region

Fleet by category

Flight activity index (2019 = 100)

Who buys

Trends to watch

1. Sustainable aviation fuel is moving from pilot programs to book-and-claim purchasing at scale, with operators such as NetJets, VistaJet and Flexjet committing to multi-year SAF offtake even though supply remains below 1 percent of business-aviation fuel burn.
2. Supply-chain bottlenecks in engines, castings, avionics and interiors continue to cap OEM output, so backlogs at Gulfstream, Bombardier and Textron stretch beyond two years despite the 2025 record of 854 business-jet deliveries.
3. Pre-owned inventory has normalized to roughly 6-7 percent of the fleet, but young ultra-long-range and super-midsize aircraft remain scarce, keeping residual values for late-model Globals, Gulfstreams and Challengers well above pre-2020 levels.
4. Fractional and jet-card programs are the fastest-growing demand channel, with NetJets and Flexjet together ordering hundreds of new aircraft and fractional fleets now accounting for a rising share of OEM backlogs.
5. Asia-Pacific and Middle East demand is accelerating on the back of Saudi Vision 2030 infrastructure, Dubai and Riyadh FBO expansion, Indian charter growth and a gradual recovery of the Greater China fleet after several years of contraction.
6. eVTOL and hybrid-electric entrants such as Joby, Archer, Beta and Lilium's successors, plus new supersonic and light-jet programs, are drawing investment and FBO partnerships, although certified commercial service is only beginning to appear in 2026.