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

Market	Week 16	%Change vs. prior week	%Change vs. 2022	52- week high	Week	52-week low	Week	Last 4 Weeks	%Change vs. 2022
Global	69,100	-2%	-6%	78,503	W25 2022	57,233	W51 2022	274,795	-8%
North America	53,513	-4%	-8%	61,611	W16 2022	43,691	W51 2022	215,287	-10%
USA	49,240	-3%	-8%	56,195	W16 2022	38,832	W51 2022	196,402	-10%
Florida	7,148	-13%	-17%	9,174	W8 2023	3,744	W39 2022	31,354	-13%
California	5,014	2%	-10%	5,817	W16 2022	4,066	W51 2022	18,980	-14%
Texas	5,106	-1%	-7%	5,797	W43 2022	3,730	W5 2023	20,280	-8%
Europe	10,400	9%	-2%	17,608	W26 2022	6,648	W52 2022	38,557	-6%
UK	1,368	7%	-3%	2,336	W26 2022	982	W52 2022	5,182	-10%
Germany	1,500	40%	33%	1,915	W26 2022	651	W52 2022	4,858	-4%
France	1,453	-3%	-7%	3,032	W21 2022	1,011	W52 2022	5,682	-8%
Switzerland	655	6%	9%	1,209	W21 2022	549	W47 2022	2,705	-8%
Italy	1,139	20%	-8%	2,357	W28 2022	511	W52 2022	3,852	-1%
Middle East	1,335	2%	-6%	2,173	W50 2022	984	W52 2022	4,876	-10%
Africa	795	10%	11%	876	W19 2022	622	W2 2023	3,019	-1%
Asia	2,441	-5%	9%	3,269	W50 2022	1,786	W32 2022	9,798	10%
South America	1,401	-3%	15%	1,490	W6 2023	1,006	W29 2022	5,734	15%

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

Market (Part 91K & Part135)	Week 16	%Change vs. prior wk	%Change vs. 2022	52-week high	Week	52-week low	Week	Last 4 Weeks	%Change vs. 2022
Global	34,737	-3%	-11%	41,552	W25 2022	31,174	W51 2022	138,797	-12%
North America	26,424	-5%	-12%	31,488	W16 2022	22,967	W35 2022	107,693	-12%
USA	25,026	-4%	-11%	29,486	W16 2022	21,948	W35 2022	101,201	-13%
Florida	4,087	-14%	-19%	5,792	W52 2022	2,024	W39 2022	17,895	-14%
California	3,040	0%	-15%	3,678	W16 2022	2,635	W51 2022	11,630	-17%
Texas	2,109	6%	-11%	2,494	W42 2022	1,644	W27 2022	8,279	-12%
Europe	7,492	8%	-8%	12,962	W27 2022	4,995	W52 2022	27,574	-12%
UK	1,025	6%	-11%	1,772	W26 2022	735	W2 2023	3,895	-15%
Germany	1,014	32%	24%	1,295	W25 2022	516	W52 2022	3,325	-8%
France	1,063	-5%	-12%	2,401	W21 2022	764	W52 2022	4,087	-12%
Switzerland	487	5%	5%	868	W21 2022	415	W47 2022	2,000	-13%
Italy	896	19%	-9%	1,855	W28 2022	389	W52 2022	3,009	-4%
Middle East	678	9%	-12%	1,075	W50 2022	512	W52 2022	2,371	-15%
Africa	228	10%	-13%	321	W13 2022	160	W35 2022	858	-23%
Asia	538	-19%	-16%	1,015	W50 2022	407	W30 2022	2,375	-1%
South America	36	-28%	-20%	83	W45 2022	13	W24 2022	176	22%

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