GAMA 2021 SEP (and Electric) Shipments Report - Cirrus Soars, Mooney Snores, Everybody Else Pretty Much OK to Better

[1980Mooney]

GAMA 2021 Full Year Single Engine Piston (and Single Engine Electric below) Aircraft Shipments and Billings Report is out.  Cirrus dominates.  Mooney is MIA.  Textron lost ground to Cirrus - built no (zero) Bonanza's in 2021. But they announced that they are bringing the Cessna 182T back into production to better meet market demand basically unchanged from 2005 when last built. Diamond and Tecnam remain solid performers with a decent share of market.  Piper's numbers are stronger than they appear.  They lost some share in basic SEP trainers but built more of their lucrative pressurized singles - piston and turboprop (which are not reflected here) and lucrative twins (also not reflected here). Extra, American Champion, and Sonaca are steady. CubCrafters growing.  Pipistrel growing (in addition to 26 pistons, delivered 48 Electric trainers and certified Panthera "modern Ovation").  ICON in decline - novelty wearing off, parent company issues.  Although not shown in the GAMA data, a registration search shows that Maule is building again, and Game Composites builds about 12 planes per year.

It seems like especially bad timing for Mooney to give up on aircraft manufacturing.  

Quarterly Shipments and Billings - GAMA

SE-Piston	2018	2019	2020	2021
Mooney	14	9	0	0
Cirrus	380	384	347	442
Textron	208	203	306	254
Diamond	98	203	213	207
Tecnam	180	197	138	186
Piper	134	203	178	146
CubCrafters	19	16	64	50
Flight Design	43	63	38	41
Pipistrel	22	8	17	26
Extra	24	25	22	22
American Champion	13	10	14	20
Sonaca	4	24	19	19
Icon	44	41	22	18
AVIC	4	2	7	3
Pacific Aerospace	0	0	1	1
From Registration Search
Maule	4	1	0	5
Game Composites	1	11	12	12
SE-Electric
Pipistrel	0	0	13	48

Edited February 25, 2022 by 1980Mooney