2021 China General Aviation Report
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TURBOPROPS & PISTON FIXED-WING<br />
FLEET BY SIZE CATEGORY<br />
Single-Engine<br />
Piston<br />
(7%)<br />
Single-Engine<br />
Turboprop<br />
(11%)<br />
FLEET BY OEM<br />
Others (12%)<br />
75+11+7+7+0+G<br />
Quest (2%)<br />
Pilatus (2%)<br />
Tecnam (2%)<br />
Sunward (2%)<br />
Piper (3%)<br />
Cirrus (6%)<br />
1,583<br />
AVIC (16%)<br />
1,583<br />
Multi-Engine Turboprop (7%)<br />
18 | CHINA GA REPORT <strong>2021</strong>30+25+16+6+3+2+2+2+2+12+G<br />
Single-Engine<br />
Piston (75%)<br />
Textron (30%)<br />
Diamond (25%)<br />
Until June <strong>2021</strong>, the total number of turboprop and<br />
piston fixed-wing aircraft was 1,583, equal to a market<br />
share of 52%, therefore making up over half of the<br />
entire general aviation fleet.<br />
Single-engine piston aircraft, mainly used for license training,<br />
accounted for around three-quarters of the turboprop and<br />
piston fixed-wing fleet. Multi-engine pistons, also used for<br />
flight training, made up 7% of the market. Moreover, singleengine<br />
and multi-engine turboprops that were mainly used for<br />
agriculture, transportation, and aerial photography, accounted<br />
for 11% and 7% of the market share, respectively.<br />
Textron was still the highest-ranked OEM with a market share<br />
of 30%. Among Textron’s aircraft, the Cessna 172 and Cessna<br />
208 are the most popular piston and turboprop models,<br />
respectively. The Cessna 172 is also the most successful<br />
aircraft model with the longest longevity and is usually used<br />
as a training aircraft in aviation schools. The second most<br />
popular OEM was Diamond, with a market share of 25%. Its<br />
single-piston DA-40 and multi-piston DA42 are also popular<br />
models used in aviation training. State-owned aviation<br />
conglomerate, the <strong>Aviation</strong> Industry Corporation of <strong>China</strong><br />
(AVIC) ranked third with a market share of 16%. Its singleengine<br />
piston model, Y5, a licenced version of the An-2 and<br />
self-developed twin-engine piston model, Y12, also have<br />
considerable market share.<br />
Not surprisingly, the top piston fixed-wing operators are flight<br />
training schools. Amongst various flight training schools, the<br />
Chinese Civil <strong>Aviation</strong> Flight Academy – a university under<br />
the Civil <strong>Aviation</strong> Administration of <strong>China</strong>, was the largest<br />
and operated a fleet of 286 piston aircraft. Their fleet size<br />
is 6.5 times larger than that of Jiutian Flight Academy. The
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