Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2023 – Week 35

Year-to-date worldwide private jet flight activity is 15% ahead of 2019, according to the latest data from WingX

Global private jet flight activity (66,129 segments) dropped 2% from the previous week, putting Week 35’s numbers 6% under 2022’s levels.

Over the trailing four weeks, worldwide flight activity was down 5%.

Global private jet flight activity off 3% YTD

Richard Koe of WingX tells us, “So far this year (through September 3), global business jet and turboprop sectors are trending 3% behind the same period last year and 15% ahead of 2019. Focussing on just business jet activity, YTD global sectors are 5% behind last year and 19% ahead of 2019.”

For the U.S. (43,398 departures), activity dropped 4% week-to-week for the period ending Sept. 3, bringing numbers 9% below last year.

U.S. private flights were 6% off last year’s record pace during the past month.

For Europe, flights (14,024) were up 6% week-to-week, putting flying there 6% under 2022 numbers.

U.K. flying (1,931 flights) jumped 20% week-to-week, although activity was still down 9% year-over-year.

European flights are 8% below last year for the past four weeks.

Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2023 – Week 35

Charter and fractional operators saw a 1% week-to-week gain (34,648 departures), just 3% under Week 35 in 2022, and the same decline during the past month.

In the U.S., flights (22,265) were down 1% week-to-week and 5% under 2022.

For the past month, U.S. charter and fractional flights were just 3% lower than the same period last year.

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For the week, European charter and fractional flights (10,652) increased 6%, just 2% below last year.

For the trailing month, activity stayed 4% under 2022 activity.