Top 10 Most Delivered Business Aviation Aircraft In 2022

Cirrus Aircraft’s SF50 Vision Jet, a very light jet (VLJ), reached number one in the most delivered business aviation charts of 2022. From Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022, the airframer delivered 90 of its distinctive V-tailed single-engine jet. 

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At number two, Swiss manufacturer Pilatus delivered 76 of its PC-12 pressurized, single-engine turboprop aircraft.

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In at number three, Embraer delivered 59 Phenom 300 aircraft, a  model that debuted in 2009. Powered by twin Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535E engines, each producing 3,478 lb. of thrust, the Phenom 300E has a maximum range of 2,010 nm at long-range cruise speed with five occupants.

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In the top four of business aircraft most delivered in 2022 comes the TBM 900 series single-engine turboprop from French manufacturer Daher Aircraft.

In April 2022, the company unveiled the TBM 960, which replaces its TBM 940. 

The TBM 960 includes a digitally controlled cabin with lower fuel consumption, new environmental control system, new ergonomically enhanced seats, ambiance strip lighting and electrically dimmable windows. 

The TBM 960 is the fifth generation of the TBM 900, which was introduced in 2014.

The M500 and M600 are part of Piper Aircraft’s M-Class line of airframes that are based on the company’s PA-46 type. In 2022, Piper delivered 48 of the aircraft.

Specifically, the M500 and M600 are based on PA-46-500TP and -600TP, respectively, variants that were first certified on Sept. 27, 2000, and June 16, 2016. In contrast to other variants of the PA-46, these airframes are both powered by a turboprop engine, Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PT6A-42A. From a commercial perspective, although the PA-46-600TP has been marketed as the M600 since it was launched in April 2015, the PA-46-500TP was formerly marketed as the Malibu Meridian, prior to the January 2015 change in commercial designation to the M500.

Both of these M-Class airframes are certified to seat up to six persons, including the pilot, in a cabin that has a volume of 165 ft.3, a length of 12 ft. 3 in., a width of 4 ft. 1 in. and a height of 3 ft. 11 in. In addition to that space in the cabin, 20 ft.3 of internal baggage space is available that can accommodate up to 100 lb.

Wichita-based Textron Aviation delivered 42 Cessna Citation Latitude super-midsize business jets in 2022, coming in sixth for most-delivered aircraft during the year. 

Announced in October 2011 at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention, this Citation Latitude made its first flight on Feb. 18, 2014, from the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport.

The Latitude flight-test program involved four flight-test airframes that “flew 690 flights and amassed 1,697 flight hours,” with the airframe—designated the Cessna/Textron 680A type—receiving FAA certification on June 5, 2015. Subsequently, the first delivery of a Citation Latitude took place in August 2015 to a U.S.-based customer.

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In 2022, Gulfstream delivered 41 G650 and G650ER business jets.

When it comes to range, the Gulfstream G650 and G650ER have set some 60 speed records. These include two set by the G650ER as part of its flight-test program: a flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia that was completed in 14 hr., 58 min., at an average speed of 0.86 Mach; as well as a flight from Hong Kong to Teterboro, New Jersey, that was accomplished in 14 hr., 7 min., at an average speed of 0.865 Mach.

At the end of 2022, The Weekly of Business Aviation reported that a G650 completed its first flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). 

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Bombardier delivered 40 Global 7500 ultra-long-range business jets in 2022, an aircraft powered by GE Aviation’s Passport engines. 

The Global 7500 measures 111 ft. from nose to tail, spans 104 ft. and reaches 27 ft. in height, with a maximum ramp weight of more than 115,000 lb. That’s more girth than a Boeing 717 or BAC 1-11.

Unlike those liners, the Global 7500’s main mission is obviously not shuttling 130 to 150 commuters between Dallas and Denver or Seattle and San Francisco. Rather, the Bombardier flagship is designed to carry up to eight or nine people in unparalleled comfort on 16+ hr. transoceanic flights. Leave Tokyo at 5 p.m. and arrive in New York at 6 p.m. — on the same day. Three meals, two movies and one long, comfortable nap and you’re home from the Western Pacific in time for dinner.

The cabin is 12 ft. longer than the interior of a Global 6500, providing space for four cabin sections plus a full-size crew rest compartment up front. And it’s not just about what this luxury aircraft can do in the air, but how well it cossets passengers in the process.

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The PC-24 is a twin-engine business jet produced by Swiss manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft. Development of the airframe was announced in 2013, with the PC-24 making its first flight on May 11, 2015.

The company delivered 39 PC-24 aircraft in 2022, making it the ninth most-delivered business aircraft of the year, according to Aviation Week data.

According to the EASA type certificate data sheet for the PC-24, the maximum passenger seating capacities for the executive and commuter configurations are eight or 10, respectively.

However, when operated by a single pilot, an additional passenger can be seated in the right-hand cockpit seat.

Those passengers are accommodated in a cabin that has a length of 23 ft., a width of 5 ft. 7 in., height of 5 ft. 1 in. and volume of 501 ft.3, with the length and volume both measured between the cabin/cockpit partition and the aft pressure bulkhead.

Beyond the above configurations that define the certified passenger capacities, Pilatus also markets seven possible layouts for the PC-24’s cabin, including three executive and two commuter layouts, as well as full cargo and passenger-cargo combi configurations.

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Coming in 10th is the Bombardier Challenger 350/3500 with 38 deliveries, according to Aviation Week data.

In September 2021, Bombardier unveiled the Challenger 3500, which replaces the Challenger 350. The 3500 has a number of technological updates, high-end features and sustainable interior choices. See the gallery of the unveiling of the newest version. 

The $26.7 million aircraft, was to be priced the same as the Challenger 350. 

The focus on the cabin comes as a growing number of passengers turned to private aviation rather than the airlines during the pandemic. They enter the market expecting the same technology found in their homes and offices. 

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