Private Jet Flight Activity Analysis – 2024 – Week 44

Global private jet flight activity (69,629 segments) was down sequentially by 8%. The week that ended Nov. 3, 2024, was up 5% year-over-year. However, the big story would have been the U.S. election, and the surprise to nobody in private aviation is politicians love private jets.

Swing State Private Jets

WingX Managing Director gave us this summary:

In the run up to the U.S. election, business jet activity in the key swing states over the last four weeks were mostly well ahead of last year. In Pennsylvania, several cities saw large gains, with Williamsport up 38% year on year, State College up 61% increase, and Altoona up 76% increase. Aircraft management fleets had the largest market share of departures in Pennsylvania in the last four weeks, however, fractional fleets saw the largest increase in activity, 26% more departures in the last four weeks than comparable last year. The Boeing 737 aircraft reportedly used by J.D. Vance for the campaign trail has made 67 departures nationwide in the last four weeks, nine recorded out of Pennsylvania.

Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin all saw gains.

North Carolina and Nevada were in the red, although the wrong type of red.

The U.S. saw a 3% increase in departures (209,228) over the past four weeks.

Pennsylvania (4,990 departures) was up 7.7% and Georgia saw a 7.0% year-over-year gain.

Wisconsin (+4.2%) and Arizona (+3.6%) also outperformed (see table below)

Swing State Departures (Last 4 weeks)

Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.

Back to our regularly scheduled programming, Florida (6,646 segments) also showed big gains, up 11% year-over-year and 5% sequentially.

In Europe, departures were up 11% year-over-year, or 2%ast four weeks compared to 2023.

PRIVATE JET FLIGHT ACTIVITY ANALYSIS – 2024 – WEEK 44

Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.

Fractional and charter operators (35,054 departures) saw a 9% week-to-week drop but were still up 7% year-over-year.

Over the trailing four weeks, global charter and fractional flights (150,918) were up 4%.

U.S. charter and fractional operators enjoyed a 6% year-over-year increase with 26,376 segments.

That was still an 8% week-to-week drop.

U.S. flying was up 5% year-over-year during the past four weeks, with 112,669 segments.

PART 135/91K – PRIVATE JET FLIGHT ACTIVITY ANALYSIS – 2024 – WEEK 44

Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.

Fractional and charter departures (5,820) were up 10% year over year and 2% during the trailing four weeks (27,644).

However, Africa was the biggest star for the week, with 336 departures, up 31% week-to-week and 51% year-over-year.

Over the trailing month, Africa was up just 5%.