NetJets and Flexjet are continuing to outperform the market with hefty gains in private jet flight activity for April.
Worldwide private jet flight activity for the week ending April 21, 2024 (72,070) dipped 2% from the previous week.
That still put activity 4% ahead of Week 16 in 2023.
For a broader perspective, WingX Managing Director Richard Koe notes, “So far this month, global bizjet sectors are 4% ahead of last year, trailing April 2022 by 3%, and 37% ahead of April five years ago.
The U.S. market (49,429) remained 2% up on 2023’s numbers for both the most recent week and the trailing four-week period.
Among the biggest American markets, Florida was up 6% to last year for both the week and the trailing four weeks.
Overall, the U.S. is 30% ahead of pre-Covid 2019 in April.
Europe (10,101 flights) used an 11% week-to-week boost to generate a 2% year-over-year gain.
Italy, like last week, continued to see big gains.
| Market | Week 16 | %Change vs. prior week | %Change vs. W16 2023 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks | %Change vs YOY |
| Global | 72,070 | -2% | 4% | 76,521 | W26 2023 | 58,018 | W52 2023 | 284,321 | 4% |
| North America | 52,961 | -4% | 3% | 60,279 | W46 2023 | 41,108 | W27 2023 | 212,108 | 3% |
| USA | 49,429 | -5% | 2% | 55,178 | W46 2023 | 37,073 | W27 2023 | 197,902 | 2% |
| Florida | 7,415 | 1% | 6% | 8,740 | W8 2024 | 3,628 | W35 2023 | 31,482 | 6% |
| California | 5,002 | 3% | 2% | 5,658 | W46 2023 | 3,463 | W27 2023 | 19,042 | 2% |
| Texas | 5,010 | -5% | 0% | 6,036 | W46 2023 | 3,335 | W27 2023 | 20,110 | 0% |
| Europe | 10,101 | 11% | 2% | 16,289 | W26 2023 | 6,446 | W52 2023 | 35,759 | 2% |
| UK | 1,373 | 10% | -1% | 2,014 | W28 2023 | 876 | W52 2023 | 4,955 | -1% |
| Germany | 1,319 | 13% | -13% | 1,623 | W24 2023 | 550 | W52 2023 | 4,289 | -13% |
| France | 1,418 | 1% | -1% | 2,653 | W26 2023 | 918 | W52 2023 | 5,475 | -1% |
| Switzerland | 637 | -6% | -4% | 1,030 | W3 2024 | 539 | W44 2023 | 2,534 | -4% |
| Italy | 1,596 | 56% | 39% | 2,264 | W28 2023 | 483 | W52 2023 | 4,369 | 39% |
| Middle East | 1,275 | 14% | -11% | 2,247 | W25 2023 | 1,038 | W14 2024 | 4,551 | -11% |
| Africa | 797 | 4% | -14% | 991 | W50 2023 | 661 | W11 2024 | 3,070 | -14% |
| Asia | 2,197 | -1% | 24% | 2,483 | W3 2024 | 1,794 | W52 2023 | 8,792 | 24% |
| South America | 2,053 | 0% | 35% | 2,212 | W12 2024 | 1,239 | W29 2023 | 8,174 | 35% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
Charter and fractional operators were down 3% week-to-week, flying 35,203 segments.
They were flat compared to a year ago and over the past four weeks.
The U.S. (25,187 flights) were down 6% week-to-week yet still up 2% compared to a year ago.
| Market (Part 91K & Part135) | Week 16 | %Change vs. prior wk | %Change vs. W16 2023 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks | %Change vs YOY |
| Global | 35,203 | -3% | 0% | 40,375 | W26 2023 | 29,868 | W2 2024 | 141,441 | 0% |
| North America | 26,068 | -6% | 2% | 30,954 | W46 2023 | 21,649 | W27 2023 | 107,262 | 2% |
| USA | 25,187 | -6% | 2% | 28,235 | W46 2023 | 20,505 | W27 2023 | 103,680 | 2% |
| Florida | 4,206 | 0% | 5% | 5,792 | W52 2023 | 1,958 | W35 2023 | 18,090 | 5% |
| California | 3,065 | 1% | 1% | 3,480 | W46 2023 | 2,253 | W27 2023 | 11,866 | 1% |
| Texas | 2,090 | -9% | 2% | 2,496 | W46 2023 | 1,404 | W27 2023 | 8,568 | 2% |
| Europe | 6,986 | 9% | -7% | 12,171 | W27 2023 | 5,313 | W52 2023 | 25,290 | -7% |
| UK | 984 | 6% | -10% | 1,516 | W28 2023 | 731 | W2 2024 | 3,675 | -10% |
| Germany | 845 | 13% | -19% | 1,179 | W24 2023 | 432 | W52 2023 | 2,784 | -19% |
| France | 999 | 2% | -8% | 1,943 | W48 2023 | 716 | W52 2023 | 3,919 | -8% |
| Switzerland | 457 | -11% | -10% | 923 | W7 2024 | 411 | W47 2023 | 1,890 | -10% |
| Italy | 1,159 | 50% | 22% | 1,847 | W28 2023 | 422 | W52 2023 | 3,291 | 22% |
| Middle East | 692 | 19% | -18% | 1,057 | W35 2023 | 567 | W13 2024 | 2,433 | -18% |
| Africa | 192 | -5% | -37% | 341 | W17 2023 | 192 | W16 2024 | 803 | -37% |
| Asia | 357 | 15% | 12% | 733 | W11 2023 | 283 | W5 2024 | 1,344 | 12% |
| South America | 61 | 61% | 36% | 91 | W1 2024 | 18 | W22 2023 | 189 | 36% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
WingX reported in April that among the largest U.S. players, NetJets is 50.3% ahead of where it was in pre-pandemic 2019 with 32,358 flight hours.
Flexjet, which clocked 13,520 hours, was 170.3% ahead of 2019, at least for the first three weeks of April.
