New Private Jet Sales Rise in 2025

GAMA, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, reported total sales of 854 new private business jets in 2025. A significant increase of 11.8% from the 764 new jets sold globally in 2024. Sales of piston aircraft were also up, by just 10 units to 1,782 units, but sales of turboprops dropped 5.1% to 594 new aircraft. New helicopter sales dropped to 938 in 2025. The total value of all new airplane deliveries was $31.0 billion, with helicopters adding another $4.7 billion.

“The state of the general aviation manufacturing industry remains steadfast. We continue to see robust numbers of total aircraft delivered as well as annual billings eclipsing $35 billion, the highest it has ever been. While some segments are seeing marginal declines in deliveries, they are all still above 2019 levels.” said James Viola, GAMA President and CEO adding, "As manufacturers work hard to meet the challenges and demand of today, they remain focused on advancing safety and innovation for the future of the entire aviation industry."

The table below shows unit sales of new private jets by manufacturer in 2025, with 2024 unit sales for comparison.

The most significant model sales included the following:

Bombardier
 71 aircraft of the Challenger 3500/650 - super-mid size, with transcontinental U.S. range
 86 aircraft of the Global 5500/6000/6500/7500/8000 series - large ultra-long range business jets

Cirrus
 106 aircraft of the SF50 - single engine very light (or personal) jet, with a 1,300 nm range

Embraer
 72 aircraft of the Phenom 300/300E - light jet, with a range of about 2,000nm

Gulfstream
 136 aircraft of the G500/600/650/ER/700/800 - large to ultra long-range jets

Honda
 12 aircraft of the HondaJet - light jet, with a range over 1,400nm

Pilatus
 50 aircraft of the PC-24 - light jet, with a range over 1,800nm

Cessna
 31 aircraft of the Citation CJ3+ - light jet
 30 aircraft of the Citation CJ4 Gen2 - light jet
 47 aircraft of the Citation Latitude - mid-size jet
 

Textron Aviation (Cessna) again led the market in terms of number of new private jets sold in 2025, and has been the largest seller by units for many years. The company again delivered 20% of all new private jets in 2025. It saw increases in unit sales across most of its models, and delivered the first of its new Citation Ascend mid-size. It is also one of the leading manufacturers of pistons and turboprops. The Cessna Citation Latitude was again the top seller in the mid-size jet category.

The Embraer Phenom 300/300E continues to be the most popular light jet, as it has been for many years. It is used by the large fractional aircraft providers, such as Flexjet, NetJets and Airshare, and by many charter operators, for instance in 2024 Wheels Up announced it is moving to a fleet of Phenom 300s.

The Cirrus Vision SF50 has proven to be an incredibly popular single-engine, very light, or personal jet. The approximately $3.4m aircraft offers both an emergency autoland system - literally press a button, and the plane can land itself - and a whole-aircraft ballistic parachute. It is now offered in the G2+ version and has been the best-selling jet for many years, with many buyers being individual pilot owners.

Bombardier delivered the last Learjet in 2022. It is now focused on the larger and more profitable Challengers and Globals. Bombardier and Gulfstream are the two biggest manufacturers of these large and ultra-long range business jets. 

The best selling turboprop was again the Pilatus PC-12, which sold 82 new units in 2025 and can be found in both fractional and charter fleets around the world. Other popular turboprops are the TBM 960 (51 units), Piper M700 (47 units), King Airs (46 units) and Grand Caravan EX (78 units).

The best selling helicopters were the Airbus H125 / H125M which sold 136 units, the Robinson R44 Raven II with 122 units sold, the Airbus H145/145M with 96 units sold and the Bell 505 with 84 units sold.

In terms of delivery locations, 64.9% of all the private jet deliveries went to North America in 2025, a somewhat lower percentage than the 69.4% in 2024, although this still represents an increase of over 20 units. Latin America increased its share of jet deliveries from 4.8% in 2024 to 10.8% in 2025.