December 19, 2024
Week 48 private jet activity, tracked by WingX, showed 5% week-over-week growth compared to Week 47.
Globally, the week ended Dec. 5, 2021, saw 14% more flights than the same week of 2019 and 19% ahead of the trailing four weeks pre-Covid.
Led by a 10% week-over-week surge in Texas private jet flights, the U.S. posted a 9% gain. Florida flights were up 5% week-over-week.
In Europe, flights dipped 7% compared to Week 47 although they were 14% ahead of Week 48 numbers in 2019. For the trailing four weeks, European private jet flights were 22% ahead of 2019 levels.
Italy and Switzerland saw the biggest week-over-week dips, down 19% and 13%, respectively. However, for the trailing month, the two countries are 30% and 24% up on 2019 levels.
Richard Koe, WingX managing director says, “Tightening travel restrictions in Europe are unsurprisingly starting to constrain all flight activity.”
| Market | Last Week (Flights) | % Change vs. prior week | % Change vs. 2019 | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | % Change vs. 2019 |
| Global | 69563 | 5% | 14% | 282,274 | 19% |
| North America | 55601 | 7% | 12% | 223,125 | 17% |
| USA | 50874 | 9% | 15% | 203,633 | 21% |
| Florida | 7970 | 5% | 28% | 30,610 | 46% |
| California | 5177 | 2% | 16% | 21,478 | 21% |
| Texas | 5120 | 10% | 14% | 21,206 | 18% |
| Europe | 9667 | -7% | 14% | 42,280 | 22% |
| UK | 1284 | -11% | -0.2% | 5,788 | 14% |
| Germany | 1308 | -0.2% | 4% | 5,646 | 5% |
| France | 1516 | -1% | 29% | 5,940 | 19% |
| Switzerland | 637 | -13% | 9% | 2,873 | 24% |
| Italy | 691 | -19% | 4% | 3,481 | 30% |
| Middle East | 1144 | -1% | 24% | 4,821 | 38% |
| Africa | 641 | -4% | 51% | 2,650 | 60% |
| Asia | 1969 | 5% | 13% | 7,585 | 13% |
| South America | 1261 | -8% | 71% | 4,957 | 73% |
Post-Thanksgiving, Koe notes, “Charter operators have seen much weaker growth in the last week.” Globally charter and fractional activity were down 4% with the U.S negative 1% from the previous week.
Florida, which has been on a non-stop tear, saw a 0.1% decline week-over-week for fractional and charter activity. Virtually all key markets worldwide saw a week-over-week decline.
| Market (Part 91K & Part135) | Last Week (Flights) | % Change vs. prior week | % Change vs. 2019 | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | % Change vs. 2019 |
| Global | 34378 | -4% | 26% | 143,913 | 35% |
| North America | 27750 | -2% | 27% | 114,620 | 35% |
| USA | 26754 | -1% | 29% | 110,235 | 40% |
| Florida | 4704 | -0.1% | 38% | 18,205 | 63% |
| California | 3253 | -2% | 34% | 13,695 | 40% |
| Texas | 2051 | -6% | 22% | 9,256 | 31% |
| Europe | 6282 | -9% | 23% | 27,864 | 34% |
| UK | 881 | -14% | 4% | 3,964 | 25% |
| Germany | 793 | -3% | 10% | 3,526 | 16% |
| France | 954 | -7% | 39% | 3,895 | 37% |
| Switzerland | 485 | -8% | 21% | 2,119 | 36% |
| Italy | 506 | -22% | 10% | 2,552 | 41% |
| Middle East | 399 | -10% | 60% | 1,826 | 72% |
| Africa | 113 | -19% | 23% | 484 | 22% |
| Asia | 198 | -4% | 28% | 864 | 28% |
| South America | 34 | 325% | 70% | 74 | -42% |
Still, robust demand is pressuring supply. On a global basis, charter and fractional flights during the past month were 35% ahead of 2019 levels.
In the U.S., charter and fractional flying are up 40% compare to pre-Covid with Florida flights 63% higher.
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