Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2023 – Week 16

Florida private jet flights plummet while Germany soars as overall private jet flight activity continues its slide this past week

Global private jet flight activity dropped 2% week-to-week with 69,100 departures. That’s 6% below last year.

Over the past four weeks, private jet flights are 8% below the corresponding period in 2022.

Florida freeze

For Week 16, the U.S. registered 49,240 departures, a 3% week-to-week drop and 8% below last year.

Over the past month, those numbers have been off by 10%.

Florida’s 7,148 flights for the week ending April 23, 2023, marked a 17% drop from 2022.

Sunshine State flights are 13% down during the last four weeks.

Europe saw a 9% week-to-week gain with 10,400 flights, 2% under last year’s numbers.

Over the past month, Europe private jet departures are 6% under a year ago.

Germany is the star of the moment, or the week, with a 40% week-to-week jump to 1,500 departures.

Over the past month, flights were still 4% below 2022’s record levels.

Total – Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2023 – Week 16

Charter and fractional operators had 34,737 departures in Week 16, a 3% week-to-week drop.

That was 11% down from last year for Week 16 and 12% during the trailing four weeks.

U.S. charter and fractional operators operated 25,026 flights for the week, an 11% drop from 2022.

European fractional and charter departures were up 8% week-to-week but down 8% from last year.

Part 135/91K – Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2023 – Week 16

Looking at the markets we track, only Germany (+24%) and Switzerland (+5%) saw more fractional and charter departures last week than in 2022.