Nicolas Chabbert, senior vice president of Daher’s Aircraft Division, said during the 2024 Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo that Daher shipped the same number of aircraft in 2023 as in 2022—about 75 TBM and Kodiak aircraft.
Although the company was expecting to take advantage of growth in the industry, supply chain issues (both internal and external) prevented an increase in aircraft production output.
The 2024 model year TBM 960 aircraft sport a new paint scheme, along with an assortment of technology advances intended to reduce pilot workload and enhance pilot awareness, such as 3D taxi routing, additional spoken alert messages, and automatic activation of its HomeSafe emergency landing system if the aircraft senses pilot inactivity for more than 30 minutes.
All Kodiak 100 Series III aircraft will be equipped with a five-blade Hartzell propeller that reduces noise and weight while also increasing aircraft performance.