June 20, 2024
Worldwide private jet flight activity was clinging within 1% of 2022, the industry’s second-best year, and cause for optimism says WingX.
Worldwide private jet flight activity (68,468 segments) dropped 1% week-to-week, putting Week 22 numbers down 1% on a year-over-year basis.
For the week ending June 2, 2024, U.S. flights (43,691 segments) were down 3% from the prior weeks.
Still, numbers were just 1% short of 2023.
European numbers (13,292 flights) were up 6% week-to-week, putting the week 2% ahead of last year.
| Market | Week 22 | % Change vs. prior week | % Change vs W22 2023 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | % Change vs YOY |
| Global | 68,468 | -1% | -1% | 76,521 | W26 2023 | 58,018 | W52 2023 | 282,173 | -1% |
| North America | 45,364 | -3% | -1% | 60,279 | W46 2023 | 41,108 | W27 2023 | 194,083 | -1% |
| USA | 43,691 | -3% | -1% | 55,178 | W46 2023 | 37,073 | W27 2023 | 187,731 | -1% |
| Florida | 5,532 | -5% | 3% | 8,740 | W8 2024 | 3,628 | W35 2023 | 24,599 | 1% |
| California | 4,186 | 1% | -4% | 5,658 | W46 2023 | 3,463 | W27 2023 | 17,705 | -3% |
| Texas | 4,351 | -3% | 4% | 6,036 | W46 2023 | 3,335 | W27 2023 | 18,867 | 1% |
| Europe | 13,292 | 6% | 2% | 16,289 | W26 2023 | 6,446 | W52 2023 | 48,001 | 1% |
| UK | 1,925 | 0% | 10% | 2,014 | W28 2023 | 876 | W52 2023 | 6,986 | 5% |
| Germany | 1,307 | 9% | -4% | 1,623 | W24 2023 | 550 | W52 2023 | 5,164 | -9% |
| France | 2,368 | 2% | 0% | 2,653 | W26 2023 | 918 | W52 2023 | 8,272 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 825 | 7% | 13% | 1,030 | W3 2024 | 539 | W44 2023 | 3,037 | 2% |
| Italy | 1,772 | 11% | 3% | 2,264 | W28 2023 | 483 | W52 2023 | 6,135 | 4% |
| Middle East | 1,387 | -1% | -13% | 2,247 | W25 2023 | 1,038 | W14 2024 | 5,618 | -5% |
| Africa | 666 | -24% | -34% | 991 | W50 2023 | 657 | W19 2024 | 3,009 | -24% |
| Asia | 2,070 | -1% | 1% | 2,483 | W3 2024 | 1,794 | W52 2023 | 8,122 | -7% |
| South America | 1,916 | -8% | 0% | 2,212 | W12 2024 | 1,239 | W29 2023 | 8,090 | 11% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
Fractional and charter operators (35,138 segments were even with Week 21, but 4% below 2023 numbers.
| Market (Part 91K & Part135) | Week 22 | % Change vs. prior wk | % Change vs W22 2023 | Last 52-week high | Week | Last 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | % Change vs YOY |
| Global | 35,138 | 0% | -4% | 40,375 | W26 2023 | 29,868 | W2 2024 | 142,792 | -3% |
| North America | 23,772 | -3% | -1% | 30,954 | W46 2023 | 21,649 | W27 2023 | 101,487 | 0% |
| USA | 23,164 | -3% | -1% | 28,235 | W46 2023 | 20,505 | W27 2023 | 99,157 | 0% |
| Florida | 3,079 | -7% | 2% | 5,792 | W52 2023 | 1,958 | W35 2023 | 13,919 | 2% |
| California | 2,583 | 0% | -5% | 3,480 | W46 2023 | 2,253 | W27 2023 | 11,007 | -2% |
| Texas | 1,910 | -4% | 5% | 2,496 | W46 2023 | 1,404 | W27 2023 | 8,377 | 6% |
| Europe | 9,282 | 5% | -8% | 12,171 | W27 2023 | 5,313 | W52 2023 | 33,436 | -8% |
| UK | 1,415 | 2% | 4% | 1,516 | W28 2023 | 731 | W2 2024 | 5,012 | -3% |
| Germany | 878 | 12% | -15% | 1,179 | W24 2023 | 432 | W52 2023 | 3,424 | -17% |
| France | 1,683 | 2% | -10% | 1,943 | W48 2023 | 716 | W52 2023 | 5,831 | -8% |
| Switzerland | 593 | 7% | 4% | 923 | W7 2024 | 411 | W47 2023 | 2,210 | -1% |
| Italy | 1,308 | 12% | -6% | 1,847 | W28 2023 | 422 | W52 2023 | 4,520 | -6% |
| Middle East | 675 | 0% | -20% | 1,057 | W35 2023 | 567 | W13 2024 | 2,702 | -15% |
| Africa | 197 | -12% | -38% | 380 | W41 2023 | 192 | W16 2024 | 813 | -34% |
| Asia | 242 | 3% | -21% | 733 | W11 2023 | 220 | W19 2024 | 935 | -27% |
| South America | 20 | -53% | -29% | 91 | W1 2024 | 18 | W22 2023 | 111 | -27% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
The U.S. fractional and charter operators (23,164 flights) saw a 3% week-to-week dip, 1% down from 2023.
Europe (9,282) was up 5% from the previous week but 8% down from last year.
“Global bizjet activity was flat in Week 22, as it was for the month of May, and is trailing 2023 by just 1%, which very much reflects the mood at EBACE, tending towards normalization after the turbulence of the post-Covid years,” Wing X Managing Director Richard Koe tells us.
He adds, “There is a good deal of underlying variability, with Europe 7% above 2019, demand still hot in the Mediterranean, but tapering well below 2019 levels in Central Europe.”
Through the end of May, business jet flights were just 1% below last year and 2.6% under 2022’s record pace.
Compared to 2019, WingX data shows a 31.7% gain.
