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GAMA Reports Difficult First Half For GA Manufacturers

GA Shipments Worldwide Fell 15.5 Percent Compared To 2010

GAMA released the shipment and billings figures for the first half of the year Thursday, and the news is not particularly good. In fact, some might say it's downright bad. In the first six months of 2011, total general aviation (GA) airplane shipments worldwide fell 15.5 percent, from 936 in 2010 to 791 this year. Billings for general aviation airplanes totaled $7.3 billion, down 22.3 percent.

Piston-powered airplane shipments totaled 387 units compared to 424 units delivered in the first six months of 2010, an 8.7 percent decrease. Turboprop shipments declined 8.9 percent to 143 units in 2011, compared to 157 units during this same period in 2010. Business jet shipments totaled 261 units, a 26.5 percent decrease as compared to the 355 units delivered in the first six months of 2010.

"These negative shipment numbers demonstrate precisely how ill-timed and potentially destructive the Obama Administration’s rhetoric and policies toward corporate jets are for general aviation,” said GAMA’s President and CEO Pete Bunce. "This Administration has singled out business aircraft owners with political demagoguery. It is simply astonishing that they cannot connect the dots back to manufacturing jobs and realize they are doing more damage to an industry that has obviously not yet clawed its way out of this recession. Instead of demonizing our industry, President Obama should stand up for general aviation manufacturing jobs."

Tom Buffenbarger, international president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, added, "If President Obama ever becomes interested in creating general aviation jobs rather than using the industry as a punching bag, we are ready to work with him to advance these job and business opportunities."

Owners of business aircraft can depreciate their investment over five years. President Obama has proposed changing the depreciation schedule for general aviation aircraft to seven years calling the current five year schedule an “egregious” tax loophole. The depreciation schedule for general aviation aircraft has been in existence since the early 1980s. Business aircraft are treated similarly to other assets such as cars, buses, trucks, and construction equipment, which can be depreciated over a five year period when purchased for business use. Many observers have criticized the Obama Administration’s focus on this provision because of its minimal impact on reducing the federal deficit.

  2010 2011 % Change
Pistons 424 387 -8.7
Turboprops 157 143 -8.9
Business Jets 355 261 -26.5
Total Shipments 936 791 -15.5
Total Billings $9.4B $7.3B -22.3
FMI: www.gama.aero

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