Business and general aviation manufacturers reported another quarter of mixed results with the total number of piston, turboprop and business jet deliveries in the second quarter of 2017 edging up 2.6 percent, while billings suffered a 1.2. percent decline, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. GAMA today released the second quarter shipment results, reporting 561 total fixed-wing shipments in the three months ended June 30, compared with 547 shipments in the same period of 2016. Total billings for fixed-wing aircraft in the second quarter of 2017, meanwhile, inched down to $5.311 billion. This compares with $5.376 billion a year earlier.  (GAMA plans to release helicopter results in a separate report.)

For the first half, total deliveries similarly were up 2.7 percent to 995 units, while billings softened 3.4 percent to $9 billion. Despite five fewer shipments in the second quarter, business jet shipments rose 1 percent, to 295, in the first half.

Meanwhile, deliveries of pressurized turboprops fell 9.6 percent year-over-year in the first half, to 104 aircraft. Notably, King Air deliveries plummeted 58.1 percent in the first six months, to 31 units, while Pilatus PC-12 shipments sunk 22.5 percent, to 31 aircraft. But turboprop deliveries at Piper soared 87.5 percent in the first half as it ramped up M600 production. Shipments at Daher also climbed 27.8 percent in the period, to 23.

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