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higher quality aircraft are selling.”

THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR USED JETS IS
ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN 6,500 UNITS OVER
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, PUTTING PRESSURE ON AN
ALREADY RECORD LOW INVENTORY AND DRIVING
ADDITIONAL DEMAND FOR NEW JETS,” Heath
Patrick, President, Americas Aftermarket, Honeywell Aerospace.

Upward Outlook
Honeywell’s 30th annual Global Business Aviation Outlook fore-
casts up to 7,400 new business jet deliveries worth US$238 billion announced all-new large-cabin Gulfstream
from 2022 to 2031, up 1 per cent in deliveries from the same 10-year G400 and ultralong-range Gulfstream G800,
forecast a year ago. In 2021, surveyed business jet operators and the industry-leading Gulfstream G700, and
reported a sharp increase in used jet purchase plans, 12 per cent we’re doing so sustainably,” Zimmerman added.
above last year’s report, equivalent to 800 additional used business
aircraft. Business aircraft manufacturers also announced a strong “IT’S BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY
increase in jet orders, indicating that the industry has almost com- YEAR. OUR STRATEGY WAS TO
pletely shaken off the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
REPLENISH THE ORDER BOOK
“The increased demand for used jets is estimated at more than IN 2021, AND WE’RE AHEAD OF
6,500 units over the next five years, putting pressure on an already WHERE WE WANTED TO BE,”
record low inventory and driving additional demand for new jets,” Gulfstream CEO Éric Martel
said Heath Patrick, president, Americas Aftermarket, Honeywell
Aerospace. “Our latest operator survey results support continued The all-new Gulfstream G700 made great
private jet usage growth, as more than 65 per cent of respondents strides in its flight-test program and capped
anticipate increased business jet usage in 2022.” the year 2021 with additional accomplishments,

including the use of a sustainable aviation fuel
Manufacturers are also elated by the prospects and predictions. (SAF) blend on 83 percent of G700 flights
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. recognised the many accomplish- launched from the Savannah-based Gulfstream
ments achieved by Gulfstream Customer Support in 2021. “The Flight Test Center. Gulfstream anticipates
business aviation industry has experienced great gains in 2021, G700 customer deliveries beginning in the
and Gulfstream Customer Support has been well-positioned to fourth quarter of 2022. “Getting this amazing
support our customers around the world as their flying increases,” aircraft in front of customers has been one of
said Derek Zimmerman, president, Gulfstream Customer Support. the highlights of 2021,” said Mark Burns, pres-
“As we continue to implement our master plan for customer-fo- ident, Gulfstream.
cused expansions in strategic locations, we are establishing our Towards the end of last year, Gulfstream
industry’s most modern facilities to accommodate Gulfstream’s announced performance accomplishments
growing fleet of next-generation aircraft, including the recently for its next-generation Gulfstream G500 and

Gulfstream G600. Both aircraft successfully
demonstrated steep-approach landings into
London City Airport in England, as well as
Lugano Airport and Sion Airport in Switzerland.

The G600 has officially received FAA and
EASA certification of improved takeoff perfor-
mance operations on grooved runways in wet
conditions; and G500 certification is tracking
for early 2022. This improved aircraft perfor-
mance provides customers with increased
flexibility and range options when operating in
wet runway conditions.
For Bombardier jet orders are growing faster
than deliveries, and the trend shows no sign of
slowing down.“Since the start of 2021, we’ve
been selling more planes than we’re delivering,
and this trend is continuing…,” chief executive

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