September 28, 2023
Private jet demand continues wrecklessly to surge ahead week-over-week in the U.S. for the week ended Oct. 10, 2021. Global trends continue upwards as Europe backs off.
“The U.S. is heading into October with a business jet trend some way ahead of volumes in October 2019, which was itself the strongest activity month since 2008. Business jet flight hours are up 16% in the last 10 days versus comparable October 2019,” says WingX managing director Richard Koe.
Global private jet flights were 1% up week-over-week and 22% about the same period – Week 40 – in 2019. Over the last four weeks they surged ahead of 2019 levels by 17%.
In the U.S. private jet flights were up 2% week-over-week and 22% compared to Week 40 of 2019. Four the past 28 days, flights were 18% ahead of pre-pandemic levels.
Florida private flights spiked 11% from Week 39 to Week 40 of 2021. That put them a stunning 51% ahead of 2019 levels – 45% ahead of the comparable 28 days before Covd.
Looking around the globe, Europe saw flights down 5% week-over-week while the Middle East saw an 11% week-over-week boost (table below).
| Market | Last Week (Flights) | % Change vs. prior week | % Change vs. 2019 | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | % Change vs. 2019 |
| Global | 73,998 | 1% | 22% | 292,127 | 17% |
| North America | 56,141 | 3% | 19% | 217,584 | 14% |
| USA | 52,023 | 2% | 22% | 202,043 | 18% |
| Florida | 5,611 | 11% | 51% | 19,797 | 45% |
| California | 5,252 | 3% | 20% | 20,177 | 12% |
| Texas | 5,284 | 5% | 20% | 19,746 | 15% |
| Europe | 13,872 | -5% | 30% | 59,432 | 28% |
| UK | 1,731 | -4% | 18% | 7,254 | 12% |
| Germany | 1,634 | -13% | 15% | 7,213 | 18% |
| France | 2,132 | -10% | 21% | 9,420 | 22% |
| Switzerland | 942 | 9% | 53% | 3,760 | 37% |
| Italy | 1,305 | -10% | 43% | 6,088 | 36% |
| Middle East | 1,363 | 11% | 60% | 4,946 | 35% |
| Africa | 669 | -3% | 58% | 2,693 | 68% |
| Asia | 1,736 | 0.2% | 19% | 6,485 | 6% |
| South America | 1,197 | 4% | 73% | 4,511 | 73% |
Looking at fractional and charter operators, week-over-week flights edged up one-tenth of one percent.
The U.S. saw a 2% week-over-week gain, 20% over Week 40 of 2019.
Florida Part 91k and Part 135 flying jumped 13% from Week 39 to Week 40. They were 45% higher than the same period in 2019 (table below).
| Market (Part 91K & Part135) | Last Week (Flights) | % Change vs. prior week | % Change vs. 2019 | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | % Change vs. 2019 |
| Global | 34,199 | 0.1% | 22% | 135,335 | 17% |
| North America | 24,425 | 3% | 15% | 93,484 | 9% |
| USA | 23,888 | 2% | 20% | 91,592 | 14% |
| Florida | 2,688 | 13% | 45% | 9,232 | 36% |
| California | 2,813 | 1% | 15% | 10,920 | 4% |
| Texas | 2,043 | 6% | 23% | 7,540 | 11% |
| Europe | 9,431 | -6% | 46% | 40,543 | 41% |
| UK | 1,217 | -6% | 28% | 5,181 | 22% |
| Germany | 1,011 | -16% | 29% | 4,624 | 35% |
| France | 1,445 | -12% | 39% | 6,466 | 38% |
| Switzerland | 687 | 14% | 73% | 2,678 | 45% |
| Italy | 995 | -10% | 56% | 4,603 | 49% |
| Middle East | 650 | 14% | 98% | 2,340 | 57% |
| Africa | 123 | -17% | 10% | 512 | 11% |
| Asia | 194 | 3.2% | 9% | 719 | -7% |
| South America | 17 | -11% | -19% | 55 | -40% |
Switzerland was the only market on the plus side of the ledger last week, while the Middle East and Asia both saw gains.
