Daher Posts Good Results Despite Pandemic The Covid-19 Pandemic has made its impact on the business aviation industry but many airframers remained resilient despite the obvious issues. Daher specializes in fast turboprop aircraft and together with its relatively recent acquisition of Kodiak, the airframer now has a high-performing duo of business and utility turboprops to pull on. It's own fielded TBM series traditionally have done very well but in 2021, the more up-to-date models of the TBM line such as the most recent TBM 940 as well as the slightly older TBM 910 have propped up the deliveries on the TBM side. Overall, inclusive of Kodiak 100 planes, Daher delivered 68 turboprops in 2021. Of that number 51 were TBMs.
As in previous years, the majority of TBMs delivered during 2021 were in North America (39 airplanes). Increased demand from European pilot-owners resulted in eight deliveries: two for France, two in the U.K., one for Germany, and one in the Netherlands, along with one each in two new countries for TBM customers: Cyprus, and Denmark. "These solid business results underscore the attributes of our aircraft as they continue to evolve in meeting customers’ needs – especially in today’s market conditions, where quality, value, efficiency and performance are, more than ever, key deciding points. This is underscored by our introduction of the numerous enhancements on the Kodiak 100 Series III for improved flight safety, greater cabin comfort and augmented operational capabilities; as well as the HomeSafe™ emergency autoland system’s integration on the TBM 940, which is a general aviation safety game-changer for owners and operators", said Senior Vice President of Daher’s Aircraft Division, Nicolas Chabbert. For more information: SOCATA North America, Inc. North Perry Airport, 7501 South Airport Rd. Pembroke Pines, FL 33023 / USA www.tbm.aero ***