Gulfstream aims for 150 deliveries in 2025, first G800 and last G650 in June

Gulfstream is planning to deliver 150 aircraft in 2025, up from 136 in 2024. It is hoping to have its new G800 certificated before middle of the year.
It plans to stop building G650s in June when G800 deliveries begin. The manufacturer is not expecting to deliver G400s in 2025.
Gulfstream had originally been expected to deliver about 175 aircraft in 2025. But it is not confident that its suppliers could keep up with an increase production.
“We have the capacity to build more, but our planning needs to be prudent and needs to reflect the reality of the supply chain, and we’ve taken a bit more of a conservative approach this year to deliveries,” said Phebe Novakovic, CEO of Gulfstream parent General Dynamics during an analyst call.
Some G700 deliveries were delayed in the fourth quarter waiting for engines and other parts. Gulfstream says that it has largely solved these issues. The aircraft manufacturer is confident that it can avoid similar delays with the G800 as it shares most parts with the G700.
Gulfstream delivered 47 aircraft in the last quarter of 2024 – 42 of which were large-cabin aircraft. The company delivered136 aircraft during the year, some 118 were large-cabin aircraft.
It expects to book more than $12.65bn in aerospace sales in 2025, up from $11.24bn in 2024. The manufacturer aims to increase its operating margin by 70 basis points to 13.7%. This should raise aerospace profit – which includes Gulfstream and Jet Aviation – by 18.5% to $275m.
Gulfstream announced the G800, replacing the G650, and the G400, replacing the G450, in October 2021. It originally planned to deliver the G800 in 2023 and the G400 in 2025. The four-zone G800 has the longest range of any Gulfstream aircraft and can fly 8000 nautical miles. The G650 was launched in 2008 and entered service in 2012.