Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2022 – Week 47

Thanksgiving week was a turkey for private aviation as private jet flight activity dropped 15% from the previous week

What goes up must come down, at least regarding private jet flight activity.

A week after breaking a four-week streak of declines, global private jet flight activity slumped 15% for the week ending Nov. 27, 2022.

The drop puts the 62,557 private jet flights worldwide 2% below last year.

Thanksgiving private jet activity

Looking at the holiday window, Richard Koe, WingX’s managing director notes, “Thanksgiving jet activity was down 6% on last year, but up 13% in 2019.”

Some flying may show up next week if the “work from anywhere” trend means private jet users are staying longer.

Private jet flights in the U.S. fell 18% week-to-week with 43,946 movements, flat to 2021.

European headwinds continued, with flights down 8% week-to-week, 19% down compared to the same time last year, and 17% for the trailing four weeks.

Even Asia, which has been seeing strong year-over-year growth, saw a 4% week-to-week drop, although volume remained 35% ahead of 2021.

Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2022 – Week 47

Fractional and charter operators also saw declines, down 8% from last week, putting activity 10% below last year.

Over the past month, charter and fractional flights worldwide are 11% below last year.

While Florida saw a 5% jump week-to-week, U.S. charter and fractional flights fell 9% with 25,061 segments.

U.S. charter and fractional flying is now 9% lower than last year over the past four weeks.

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Africa and Asia also saw week-to-week increases, however, on small volume.