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Daher delivers the 1,300th TBM family aircraft—1,300th milestone TBM 980 handed to a U.S. customer

Daher Aircraft has delivered its 1,300th aircraft in the TBM single-engine turboprop family, nearly 36 years after the first example entered service. The milestone airframe is a TBM 980 delivered to a customer in the U.S., with the handover taking place at Aero Friedrichshafen.

Discovered 2026-04-22T03:20:33.685922-07:00 | 2026-04-22T03:20:33.685922-07:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

The TBM program reaching a 1,300-aircraft delivery milestone—nearly four decades after first service—provides a clear datapoint on turboprop market endurance and OEM execution over multiple cycles.
A specific milestone aircraft variant (TBM 980) delivered to a U.S. customer signals ongoing demand and helps validate the TBM 900 family’s continued positioning in the high-performance single-engine turboprop segment.
The timing at Aero Friedrichshafen ties production/accountability to industry visibility, complementing recent reporting on Daher’s TBM 980 debut efforts at major air shows (source:991f4411-036f-45ae-8670-3bd40f4ee55e, source:7f9f6885-c3c6-41a4-bdb9-a7a952cd556d).

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Le Journal de l’Aviation flightlineweekly.com Aero-News daher.com FlightGlobal aerotelegraph.com