Who’s increasing aircraft production the fastest?

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Global jet demand is on the up.

To meet increasing demand and introduce new, more efficient technology into service, the manufacturers must step up, i.e. build more jets!

The good news is they are.

We witnessed a material jump in jet deliveries from 2024 to 2025. Up ~10% YoY.

But there’s more to the story than just an increase in total unit output.

In approximately 2 minutes, if you’re a slow reader like me, you’ll understand the following:

Cessna is one of the oldest names in private aviation.

Clyde Cessna was building wood and fabric aircraft back in the early 1900s.

In 1969, after years of success with pistons and turboprops, Cessna entered the jet game.

The Citation 500 was born, originally named the ‘Fanjet 500’ because it used efficient turbofan jet engines.

The 70s was the beginning of the jet era. From there the fleet started to grow.

Cessna went on to dominate the market for light jets into midsize and is competing more and more in the super-mid category.

Today there are almost 8,000 Cessna jets in service, including 157 of the original Citation 500s.

On unit count Cessna has the most in service, followed by Bombardier (5,345), Gulfstream (3,503), Dassault/Falcon (2,141) and Embraer (2,066).

Hawker Beechcraft went bust in 2012 after they made close to 1,900 jets.

And Cirrus is on the up with just over 700 of their Very Light Jets.

In 2025 the breakdown of deliveries by OEM looked like this…

Cessna and Gulfstream lead on unit output, followed closely by Embraer and Bombardier.

So that answers the first two questions:

But the last question is where things get interesting.

With demand on the up and up, you’d assume that all OEMs are gradually increasing output. But this is not the case.

Here are the numbers for each OEM going back pre-pandemic.

The change in unit count since 2019 looks like this.

Cessna is the only OEM to show a significant decline in unit output from 2019 to now.

This is not necessarily a bad thing. We can put it down to strategic model pruning and a move into larger aircraft.

Light production might be down, but super-mid i.e. Longitude production is up.

I think we’ll see Cessna’s production grow from here considering they have stacked orders from NetJets for the Ascend, Latitude and Longitude.

So, Cessna may be down on unit output.

Embraer on the other hand is ramping up!

They’ve managed to increase total output by 43 units in 6 years and have just surpassed Bombardier on annual unit output.

With wait times of 3+ years for both their Phenom 300 and Praetor models, why wouldn’t they be?

We’ll have to wait and see how the 2026 production numbers shake out.

Unit count is a simplified way to compare the OEMs.

Considering Gulfstream’s least expensive jet, the G280 (now the G300), is priced in the high $20 millions and Cessna’s most expensive aircraft, the Longitude, is priced the same.

The top two might be close on unit count but they’re in a different league revenue-wise.

We’ll look at cash dollar in another time. 🤑

I’ve started to dig into data on the WIngX.

WingX tracks all bizjet movements globally. It’s a treasure trove of interesting insights.

Some stats straight off the bat:

In the last 12 months jet departures are up 4.2% YoY. Up 7.6% vs 2 years ago.

The top 5 types on number of departures are:

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