September 19, 2024
Private jet flight activity scores in Europe with Euro2024 and the Olympics while AirSprint, Flexjet, and NetJets boost Team North America.
Worldwide private jet flight activity scored a gooooooooooooooal and was going for the gold in Week 24, with 73,023 segments.
That’s just off the 52-week high of 75,521 segments in Week 26 of 2023.
And while it’s 3% off from last week, it was still 1% down year-over-year.
WingX Managing Director Richard Koe tells us not to take a victory lap yet.
He says, “European bizjet activity has bumped along this year, only 1-to-2% down on last year in terms of bizjet sectors flown, but only 5% ahead of volumes in 2019. France and Germany both saw upticks this week, Week 24, which goes against the grain of declines in the last four weeks and, indeed, year-to-date. Clearly, this uptick owes to the Euro Championships hosted in Germany and the run-up to the Olympics opening in Paris.”
However, Koe adds, “Conversely, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy are seeing fewer bizjet flights than in June last year, although the latter two countries, as well as Greece, are well ahead of 2019. Greece is continuing to show impressive growth this year, with bizjet arrivals month-to-date up by 10%. Arrivals into Greece from the UK are up by 67% this month, whereas arrivals from Italy are down by 27%.”
Overall, Europe (14,114) segments were up 13% sequentially, but down 2% year-over-yeear.
Germany (1,682) was up 4% year over year, and France (2,511) was up 1% compared to 2023.
European VLJ operator GlobeAir is cleverly trying to gain market share with promotion rates for Euro2024 football fans.
Looking at the world’s biggest private jet market, U.S. segments (47,043) were up 1% week-to-week and 1% down from last year.
| Market | Week 24 | % Change vs. prior week | % Change vs. W24 2023 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | % Change vs YOY |
| Global | 73,023 | 3% | -1% | 76,521 | W26 2023 | 58,018 | W52 2023 | 281,565 | -2% |
| North America | 48,988 | 1% | -1% | 60,279 | W46 2023 | 41,108 | W27 2023 | 189,618 | -1% |
| USA | 47,043 | 1% | -1% | 55,178 | W46 2023 | 37,073 | W27 2023 | 182,520 | -1% |
| Florida | 4,881 | -5% | 2% | 8,740 | W8 2024 | 3,628 | W35 2023 | 21,410 | 1% |
| California | 4,177 | -2% | -7% | 5,658 | W46 2023 | 3,463 | W27 2023 | 16,792 | -5% |
| Texas | 4,546 | 0% | -2% | 6,036 | W46 2023 | 3,335 | W27 2023 | 17,911 | 0% |
| Europe | 14,114 | 13% | -2% | 16,289 | W26 2023 | 6,446 | W52 2023 | 52,510 | -2% |
| UK | 1,880 | 7% | -5% | 2,014 | W28 2023 | 876 | W52 2023 | 7,486 | 1% |
| Germany | 1,682 | 8% | 4% | 1,682 | W24 2024 | 550 | W52 2023 | 5,747 | -5% |
| France | 2,511 | 14% | 1% | 2,653 | W26 2023 | 918 | W52 2023 | 9,401 | -2% |
| Switzerland | 825 | 13% | -6% | 1,030 | W3 2024 | 539 | W44 2023 | 3,148 | -4% |
| Italy | 1,798 | 15% | -6% | 2,264 | W28 2023 | 483 | W52 2023 | 6,720 | -2% |
| Middle East | 1,661 | 18% | 5% | 2,247 | W25 2023 | 1,038 | W14 2024 | 5,862 | -7% |
| Africa | 811 | 13% | -17% | 991 | W50 2023 | 657 | W19 2024 | 3,070 | -22% |
| Asia | 1,957 | 1% | -1% | 2,483 | W3 2024 | 1,794 | W52 2023 | 8,053 | -4% |
| South America | 2,079 | 1% | 11% | 2,212 | W12 2024 | 1239 | W29 2023 | 8,133 | 9% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
Charter and fractional operators grew 4% sequentially with 37,044 segments, 5% down from 2023.
Even a 13% week-to-week boost in Europe (9,607 flights) left numbers 13% down from 2023.
Germany (1,124) and France (1,741) saw 12% and 20% week-to-week growth.
That was still down from last year by 4% and 8%, respectively.
| Market (Part 91K & Part135) | Week 24 | % Change vs. prior wk | % Change vs. W24 2023 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | % Change vs YOY |
| Global | 37,044 | 4% | -5% | 40,375 | W26 2023 | 29,868 | W2 2024 | 143,046 | -4% |
| North America | 25,436 | 0% | 0% | 30,954 | W46 2023 | 21,649 | W27 2023 | 99,009 | 0% |
| USA | 24,674 | 0% | 0% | 28,235 | W46 2023 | 20,505 | W27 2023 | 96,319 | 0% |
| Florida | 2,598 | -8% | 0% | 5,792 | W52 2023 | 1,958 | W35 2023 | 11,807 | 0% |
| California | 2,693 | 2% | -3% | 3,480 | W46 2023 | 2,253 | W27 2023 | 10,523 | -3% |
| Texas | 1,945 | -1% | 1% | 2,496 | W46 2023 | 1,404 | W27 2023 | 7,806 | 3% |
| Europe | 9,607 | 13% | -13% | 12,171 | W27 2023 | 5,313 | W52 2023 | 36,229 | -12% |
| UK | 1,295 | 6% | -13% | 1,516 | W28 2023 | 731 | W2 2024 | 5,320 | -8% |
| Germany | 1,124 | 12% | -4% | 1,179 | W24 2023 | 432 | W52 2023 | 3,788 | -15% |
| France | 1,741 | 20% | -8% | 1,943 | W48 2023 | 716 | W52 2023 | 6,527 | -12% |
| Switzerland | 548 | 8% | -19% | 923 | W7 2024 | 411 | W47 2023 | 2,205 | -13% |
| Italy | 1,286 | 8% | -19% | 1,847 | W28 2023 | 422 | W52 2023 | 4,955 | -11% |
| Middle East | 834 | 32% | -10% | 1,057 | W35 2023 | 567 | W13 2024 | 2,817 | -19% |
| Africa | 193 | -7% | -37% | 380 | W41 2023 | 192 | W16 2024 | 821 | -32% |
| Asia | 226 | -11% | -19% | 733 | W11 2023 | 220 | W19 2024 | 957 | -19% |
| South America | 35 | 119% | -13% | 91 | W1 2024 | 16 | W23 2024 | 114 | -29% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
Fractional and charter operators in the U.S. flew 24,674 segments in the week ending June 16, 2024.
That was flat with the previous week, as well as last year.
However, digging deeper, Koe notes, “Fractional operations are continuing to prop up the U.S. market, comprising 19% of all flights this month and up by 12% compared to last year.”
NetJets and Flexjet make up 75% of fractional activity, per WingX.
Its data shows both fleets flying 10% more than last year.
Canada’s Air Sprint also has double digit growth this month.
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