January 16, 2025
An 11% year-over-year gain in U.S. private jet activity boosted global growth for business jets 7% according to the latest WingX data.
Powered by the United States, global private jet flight activity (64,358 segments) surged 8% week-to-week in Week 3.
Those totals were 7% up year-over-year.
For January 2025, private jet departures are up 3% worldwide compared to 2024 per WingX.
U.S. private jet departures (45,086 segments) were up 11% sequentially and the same amount year-over-year.
Managing Director Richard Koe says, “The bumper arrival of business jets for the inauguration appears to confirm the strong sense in the industry that the change in the U.S. government is good news for the bizjet industry.”
Over 700 private jets arrived at Washington, D.C. airports from Friday to Sunday before Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president.
That’s 300% more than during the previous weekend.
Koe notes that it is also four times more than the three days before President Biden’s inauguration in 2021.
The top markets for flights into the nation’s capital were New York (69), Palm Beach (45), Dallas (38), Miami (29), and San Francisco (27), with Houston and Los Angeles tied with 22.
He adds, “The turnaround in bizjet activity in the U.S., which had been flat through most of last year, stands in contrast to the European market, where activity receded 6% in the last week and is trending at 2019 levels.”
Europe’s private jet segments (7,497) were down 6% year-over-year despite a 10% week-to-week gain.
| Market | Week 3 | %Change vs. prior week | %Change vs W3 2024 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | %Change vs YOY |
| Global | 64,358 | 8% | 7% | 76,527 | 2024-26 | 59,330 | 2025-02 | 247,802 | 1% |
| North America | 46,365 | 11% | 11% | 55,963 | 2024-42 | 39,430 | 2024-27 | 175,208 | 2% |
| USA | 45,086 | 11% | 11% | 54,305 | 2024-42 | 37,852 | 2024-27 | 170,692 | 3% |
| Florida | 7,029 | 1% | 2% | 8,741 | 2024-08 | 4,030 | 2024-32 | 30,393 | 3% |
| California | 4,520 | 7% | 2% | 5,214 | 2024-43 | 3,472 | 2024-27 | 17,130 | 0% |
| Texas | 4,750 | 10% | 13% | 5,846 | 2024-42 | 3,554 | 2024-27 | 17,242 | -2% |
| Europe | 7,497 | 10% | -6% | 15,188 | 2024-26 | 6,291 | 2025-01 | 27,104 | -3% |
| UK | 1,025 | -1% | -8% | 2,105 | 2024-28 | 1,003 | 2024-52 | 4,070 | 1% |
| Germany | 1,006 | 26% | -4% | 1,736 | 2024-25 | 548 | 2025-01 | 2,943 | -6% |
| France | 1,129 | 1% | -9% | 2,638 | 2024-30 | 1,033 | 2024-52 | 4,323 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 781 | 19% | -22% | 969 | 2024-07 | 526 | 2024-47 | 2,839 | -12% |
| Italy | 667 | 17% | -3% | 2,167 | 2024-29 | 514 | 2025-01 | 2,321 | 2% |
| Middle East | 1,331 | -5% | -3% | 1,663 | 2024-24 | 1,013 | 2024-14 | 5,119 | -3% |
| Africa | 740 | -10% | -11% | 883 | 2024-21 | 588 | 2024-36 | 3,152 | -12% |
| Asia | 2,138 | -4% | 1% | 2,443 | 2024-46 | 1,820 | 2024-25 | 8,683 | 2% |
| South America | 2,115 | 14% | 19% | 2,573 | 2024-51 | 1,649 | 2024-07 | 7,923 | 1% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
Global fractional and charter departures (32,168) were up 8% year-over-year and 6% in the black over the trailing four weeks.
U.S. fractional and charter departures (24,324) were 12% higher than in 2024.
During the previous 28 days, they were up 8% on a year-over-over basis.
Florida and Texas fractional and charter departures were 7% higher during that extended period.
| Market (Part 91K & Part135) | Week 3 | %Change vs. prior wk | %Change vs W3 2024 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | %Change vs YOY |
| Global | 32,168 | 5% | 8% | 41,434 | 2024-29 | 30,084 | 2024-04 | 134,891 | 6% |
| North America | 24,753 | 6% | 12% | 30,594 | 2024-42 | 22,499 | 2024-04 | 102,730 | 8% |
| USA | 24,324 | 6% | 12% | 29,954 | 2024-42 | 22,064 | 2024-27 | 100,947 | 8% |
| Florida | 4,164 | 1% | 6% | 5,436 | 2025-01 | 2,148 | 2024-35 | 19,100 | 7% |
| California | 3,025 | 6% | 10% | 3,432 | 2024-43 | 2,397 | 2024-27 | 11,860 | 7% |
| Texas | 2,064 | 2% | 12% | 2,813 | 2024-42 | 1,627 | 2024-27 | 8,306 | 4% |
| Europe | 4,974 | 9% | -7% | 11,097 | 2024-26 | 4,576 | 2025-02 | 19,274 | -2% |
| UK | 692 | -4% | -13% | 1,612 | 2024-28 | 692 | 2025-03 | 3,035 | 1% |
| Germany | 633 | 20% | -3% | 1,258 | 2024-25 | 413 | 2025-01 | 2,030 | -4% |
| France | 728 | -3% | -12% | 1,937 | 2024-30 | 728 | 2025-03 | 3,043 | 0% |
| Switzerland | 550 | 10% | -19% | 778 | 2024-07 | 379 | 2024-47 | 2,193 | -10% |
| Italy | 504 | 25% | 3% | 1,717 | 2024-29 | 375 | 2025-01 | 1,722 | 3% |
| Middle East | 647 | -8% | 2% | 1,043 | 2024-31 | 567 | 2024-13 | 2,645 | 5% |
| Africa | 242 | 2% | 10% | 305 | 2024-52 | 163 | 2024-12 | 1,075 | 17% |
| Asia | 278 | -11% | 7% | 392 | 2024-46 | 230 | 2024-25 | 1,270 | -3% |
| South America | 49 | 4% | 9% | 59 | 2024-34 | 18 | 2024-20 | 195 | -28% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
European charter and fractional departures (4,974) were another story.
They well 7% year-over-year in Week 3.
That’s a 2% dip during the past four weeks.
We may see some impact from the World Economic Forum in Davos being held Jan. 20-24, 2025
Private jet arrivals to LSMD, LSZH, LSZR, and LSZS airports began to rise towards the end of last week (This week’s report runs through Jan. 19).
During the Friday – Sunday weekend (January 17, 18, 19) before the event, 183 private jet arrivals were recorded at airports near Davos.
That was two more arrivals than the weekend before the event in 2024.
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