Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2023 – Week 37

WingX private jet flight activity shows overall demand is holding steady despite concerns of increasing slack in the charter market

Worldwide private jet flight activity (72,604 segments) increased by 2% from last week.

That put volume just 4% below Week 37’s activity from 2022.

“September’s global bizjet trends are falling into line with the summer-long delta of just under 5% compared to last year, holding 20% gains on 2019. The dominant U.S. market is tracking 4% below last year, overall activity buoyed by fractional fleets working harder than ever, with charter demand dropping off versus last year and corporate flight activity weakening,” says Richard Koe, Managing Director of WingX.

Overall, the U.S. was up 2% weekly with 50,031 movements, 5% under last year.

In Europe, flying way 1% up on a week-to-week basis with 13,262 flights, 7% below the same week in 2022.

Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2023 – Week 37

Market	Week 37	%Change vs. prior week	%Change vs. 2022	52-week high	Week	52-week low	Week	Last 4 Weeks	%Change vs. 2022
Global	72,604	2%	-4%	76,521	W26 2023	57,233	W51 2022	278,246	-3%
North America	53,936	2%	-5%	58,838	W41 2022	41,108	W27 2023	203,431	-4%
USA	50,031	2%	-5%	55,070	W41 2022	37,073	W27 2023	188,129	-4%
Florida	4,310	-6%	-7%	9,174	W8 2023	3,628	W35 2023	16,536	-8%
California	4,678	2%	-6%	5,512	W46 2022	3,463	W27 2023	17,515	-10%
Texas	4,910	4%	-8%	5,797	W43 2022	3,335	W27 2023	18,086	-6%
Europe	13,262	1%	-7%	16,289	W26 2023	6,648	W52 2022	53,860	-7%
UK	1,739	-3%	-9%	2,014	W28 2023	982	W52 2022	7,078	-9%
Germany	1,418	-1%	-17%	1,858	W38 2022	651	W52 2022	5,419	-13%
France	2,010	2%	-4%	2,653	W26 2023	1,011	W52 2022	8,074	-5%
Switzerland	777	-9%	-9%	1,039	W3 2023	549	W47 2022	3,249	-6%
Italy	1,487	-6%	-21%	2,264	W28 2023	511	W52 2022	6,456	-8%
Middle East	1,519	2%	-2%	2,173	W50 2022	984	W52 2022	6,278	-1%
Africa	773	6%	4%	987	W17 2023	622	W2 2023	3,016	3%
Asia	2,503	4%	20%	3,269	W50 2022	1,913	W27 2023	9,525	17%
South America	1,445	2%	13%	1,498	W32 2023	1,051	W44 2022	5,906	23%

Looking at the week ending Sept. 17, global private jet flying (36,429 segments) by the fractional and private jet operators was down 2% from last week and 3% from the same period the previous year.

The U.S. (24,819 flights) dipped 3% week-to-week and 4% from 2022.

Europe fractional and charter flying (9,771 segments were 2% above the previous week but 4% down year-over-year.

Part 135/91K – Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2023 – Week 37

Market (Part 91K & Part135)	Week 37	%Change vs. prior wk	52-week high	52-week high	Week	52-week low	Week	Last 4 Weeks	%Change vs. 2022
Global	36,429	-2%	-3%	40,375	W26 2023	31,174	W51 2022	142,716	-2%
North America	25,784	-3%	-4%	30,412	W52 2022	21,649	W27 2023	99,126	-2%
USA	24,819	-3%	-4%	29,057	W41 2022	20,505	W27 2023	95,202	-3%
Florida	2,267	-6%	-5%	5,792	W52 2022	1,958	W35 2023	8,750	-4%
California	2,805	0%	-6%	3,410	W46 2022	2,253	W27 2023	10,614	-11%
Texas	1,989	-4%	-3%	2,494	W42 2022	1,404	W27 2023	7,495	-1%
Europe	9,771	2%	-4%	12,171	W27 2023	4,995	W52 2022	40,062	-3%
UK	1,344	0%	-3%	1,516	W28 2023	735	W2 2023	5,394	-5%
Germany	988	-2%	-16%	1,223	W37 2022	516	W52 2022	3,855	-11%
France	1,464	2%	-3%	1,943	W27 2023	764	W52 2022	6,043	-3%
Switzerland	565	-9%	-7%	776	W7 2023	415	W47 2022	2,422	-4%
Italy	1,155	-6%	-17%	1,847	W28 2023	389	W52 2022	5,115	-4%
Middle East	795	0%	5%	1,075	W50 2022	512	W52 2022	3,591	10%
Africa	260	-8%	22%	341	W17 2023	178	W36 2022	1,037	40%
Asia	561	-5%	7%	1,015	W50 2022	443	W31 2023	2,270	14%
South America	36	0%	-5%	83	W45 2022	17	W38 2022	145	20%

At least for now, the bottom line seems more encouraging than discouraging.

So far this month (through Sept. 18), 179,272 business jet sectors have flown.

That’s 4.3% fewer than in September last year but 19.8% ahead of September 2019.