TBMs Enjoy Second Best Sales Year Ever

Guess which year was better, and why.

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Daher delivered 55 TBM 900 aircraft in 2015, representing a 10% increase in deliveries compared to 2014.
  • The majority of these deliveries (44 aircraft) were to the United States, with Latin America and Europe receiving fewer.
  • 2015 was the TBM program's second-best year for deliveries, only surpassed by 2008 when 60 TBM 8500 G-1000 equipped aircraft were delivered.
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TBM 900

A total of 55 TBM 900’s were delivered by Daher’s Airplane Business Units in 2015. This is a 10% increase from 2014. The United States was the forerunner for TBM 900 deliveries in 2015, with a total of 44 aircraft distributed throughout the country, followed by Latin America with seven aircraft delivered, and thirdly Europe with two.

ÒLast year’s TBM 900 results clearly confirm the continued value of our very fast turboprop, backed by services that definitely meet our customers’ expectations,Ó said Nicolas Chabbert, Senior Vice President of Daher’s Airplane Business Unit, in a statement, ÒAdding to this is the continued enthusiasm from a global community of dedicated TBM owners and operators–our best supporters of the TBM.Ó

According to Phillipe de Segovia, director of TBM sales promotion, this is the second best year of the TBM program Ð the best year was in 2008 during the introduction of the TBM 8500 G-1000 equipped when they delivered 60 TBM aircraft. The TBM program was launched in 1987 and the first model, the TBM 700, was certified in 1990. By the end of 1991,70 were ordered, but only 28 the first year and 42 in 1992.

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