April 25, 2024
Strong U.S. private jet flight activity is boosting global private flight totals as business aviation continues to outperform the airlines.
Powered by a 7% week-to-week increase, worldwide private jet flight activity (71,748 segments) was 9% ahead of 2023 levels.
Moreover, global private jet flights were 4% ahead of 2023 over the trailing four weeks.
Of course, those 2023 numbers were down 16% year-over-year from Week 14 in 2022.
For a bit more perspective, WingX Managing Director Richard Koe tells us that for the week ending April 7, 2024, private jet segments were still rocking 37% ahead of 2019.
By comparison scheduled airlines are a mere 12% ahead of where they were five years ago.
Dedicated cargo sectors were 18% ahead of 2019.
The U.S. market (50,565 segments) was 10% up week-to-week and 9% up year-over-year.
Texas (+17%), Florida (+13%), and California (+11%) were all up double-digits year-over-year.
Europe continues to lag, with 8,320 segments, which was 1% ahead of Week 13 but 2% down from last year.
Among smaller markets, South America (+35%) and Asia (+22%) had the most significant gains over the past 28 days.
Conversely, Africa (-21%) and the Middle East (-17%) saw double-digit drops.
| Market | Week 14 | %Change vs. prior week | %Change vs W14 2023 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks | %Change vs YOY |
| Global | 71,748 | 7% | 9% | 76,521 | W26 2023 | 58,018 | W52 2023 | 284,595 | 4% |
| North America | 54,232 | 10% | 10% | 60,279 | W46 2023 | 41,108 | W27 2023 | 211,925 | 4% |
| USA | 50,565 | 10% | 9% | 55,178 | W46 2023 | 37,073 | W27 2023 | 196,702 | 3% |
| Florida | 8,577 | 5% | 13% | 8,740 | W8 2024 | 3,628 | W35 2023 | 33,797 | 7% |
| California | 4,773 | 8% | 11% | 5,658 | W46 2023 | 3,463 | W27 2023 | 19,188 | 4% |
| Texas | 5,318 | 17% | 17% | 6,036 | W46 2023 | 3,335 | W27 2023 | 19,961 | 4% |
| Europe | 8,320 | 1% | -2% | 16,289 | W26 2023 | 6,446 | W52 2023 | 34,880 | -6% |
| UK | 1,128 | -7% | -5% | 2,014 | W28 2023 | 876 | W52 2023 | 4,950 | -6% |
| Germany | 894 | -1% | -7% | 1,623 | W24 2023 | 550 | W52 2023 | 4,274 | -13% |
| France | 1,353 | 5% | -1% | 2,653 | W26 2023 | 918 | W52 2023 | 5,411 | -6% |
| Switzerland | 580 | -9% | -16% | 1,030 | W3 2024 | 539 | W44 2023 | 2,755 | -8% |
| Italy | 897 | 5% | 6% | 2,264 | W28 2023 | 483 | W52 2023 | 3,514 | 2% |
| Middle East | 1,038 | -7% | -15% | 2,247 | W25 2023 | 1,038 | W14 2024 | 4,386 | -17% |
| Africa | 773 | 6% | -9% | 991 | W50 2023 | 661 | W11 2024 | 2,925 | -21% |
| Asia | 2,183 | 0% | 24% | 2,483 | W3 2024 | 1,794 | W52 2023 | 8,703 | 22% |
| South America | 2,056 | 2% | 42% | 2,212 | W12 2024 | 1,239 | W29 2023 | 8,366 | 35% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
Tracking fractional and charter operators, their 36,032 flights for Week 14 represented a 6% week-to-week increase and a 4% year-over-year gain.
U.S. charter and fractional flights (26,892 segments) spiked 10% from the previous week and were 8% up year-over-year.
Looking at the past month, Florida (+8%) and California (+7%) saw strong activity.
| Market (Part 91K & Part135) | Week 14 | %Change vs. prior wk | %Change vs W14 2023 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks | %Change vs YOY |
| Global | 36,032 | 6% | 4% | 40,375 | W26 2023 | 29,868 | W2 2024 | 141,537 | 1% |
| North America | 27,804 | 10% | 9% | 30,954 | W46 2023 | 21,649 | W27 2023 | 107,120 | 5% |
| USA | 26,892 | 10% | 8% | 28,235 | W46 2023 | 20,505 | W27 2023 | 103,451 | 4% |
| Florida | 4,928 | 4% | 12% | 5,792 | W52 2022 | 1,958 | W35 2023 | 19,381 | 8% |
| California | 2,993 | 8% | 9% | 3,480 | W46 2023 | 2,253 | W27 2023 | 12,082 | 7% |
| Texas | 2,282 | 20% | 20% | 2,496 | W46 2023 | 1,404 | W27 2023 | 8,456 | 4% |
| Europe | 5,954 | -3% | -11% | 12,171 | W27 2023 | 5,313 | W52 2023 | 24,869 | -11% |
| UK | 847 | -11% | -14% | 1,516 | W28 2023 | 731 | W2 2024 | 3,628 | -11% |
| Germany | 590 | -8% | -17% | 1,179 | W24 2023 | 432 | W52 2023 | 2,823 | -18% |
| France | 990 | 0% | -7% | 1,943 | W48 2023 | 716 | W52 2023 | 3,920 | -10% |
| Switzerland | 431 | -12% | -21% | 923 | W7 2024 | 411 | W47 2023 | 2,127 | -9% |
| Italy | 685 | 1% | -4% | 1,847 | W28 2023 | 422 | W52 2023 | 2,690 | -5% |
| Middle East | 578 | 2% | -15% | 1,057 | W35 2023 | 567 | W13 2024 | 2,396 | -14% |
| Africa | 197 | -24% | -30% | 341 | W17 2023 | 197 | W14 2024 | 754 | -44% |
| Asia | 339 | -5% | -20% | 733 | W11 2023 | 283 | W5 2024 | 1,275 | -17% |
| South America | 48 | -4% | 0% | 91 | W1 2024 | 18 | W22 2023 | 194 | -10% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
European fractional and charter operators saw a 3% week-to-week drop, 11% percent below 2023 for both the week and the trailing 28 days.
African charter and fractional flights (754 segments) plummeted year-over-year, down 44% for the trailing four weeks.
