March 6, 2025
Worldwide private jet activity sees its first weekly year-over-year decline as U.S. tariffs ‘started to rattle the market,’ says WingX’s Koe.
Worldwide private jet flight activity (70,810 segments) finally went down on a year-over-year basis in Week 10, dipping 2%, the same amount as it declined from the previous week.
Its 289,491 segments over the past four weeks still represented a 2% increase compared to 2024.
WingX Managing Director Richard Koe points out that the week ending March 9, 2025, was the first week of 2025 to see a year-over-year drop in private jet departures.
Koe says, “Since November 2024, the week-on-week trends in business jet activity has been consistently up, contrasting with sluggish negative trends through 2023 and 2024, but since Trump’s tariff policy started to rattle the markets, business jet demand has noticeably fallen back.”
The world’s biggest private aviation market—the United States—saw 49,850 departures, down 1% year over year but up 2% over the past month.
The biggest U.S. market – Florida – saw 8,378 departures, up 1% year-over-year.
Other parts of the world were in the red.
Koe adds, “Europe and the Middle East saw significantly less activity in Week 10 year-on-year.”
Europe (8,398 departures) was down 7% year-over-year and has remained flat over the past four weeks (34,706).
Germany (1,026 segments) was down 19% year-over-year and 10% across the trailing four weeks (4,106).
The Middle East (1,134 departures) was down 21% week-to-week and 24% year-over-year.
It’s down (5,410 departures) by 8% over the past four weeks compared to 2024.
Africa provided a bright note (895 departures) with a 9% year-over-year gain.
It is 22% ahead of last year over the past four weeks.
| Market | Week 10 | %Change vs. prior week | %Change vs. W10 2024 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | %Change vs YOY |
| Global | 70,810 | -2% | -2% | 77,678 | 2024-42 | 60,518 | 2025-02 | 289,491 | 2% |
| North America | 51,286 | 0% | -1% | 56,587 | 2024-42 | 39,855 | 2024-27 | 207,355 | 2% |
| USA | 49,850 | 0% | -1% | 54,858 | 2024-42 | 38,204 | 2024-27 | 201,447 | 2% |
| Florida | 8,378 | 2% | 1% | 9,127 | 2025-08 | 4,074 | 2024-32 | 34,348 | 5% |
| California | 4,912 | 9% | 0% | 5,262 | 2024-43 | 3,494 | 2024-27 | 19,157 | 0% |
| Texas | 5,358 | 4% | -5% | 5,915 | 2024-42 | 3,597 | 2024-27 | 20,858 | 3% |
| Europe | 8,398 | -2% | -7% | 15,215 | 2024-26 | 6,313 | 2025-01 | 34,706 | 0% |
| UK | 1,226 | -1% | -5% | 2,109 | 2024-28 | 1,005 | 2024-52 | 5,171 | 5% |
| Germany | 1,026 | 1% | -19% | 1,743 | 2024-25 | 549 | 2025-01 | 4,130 | -10% |
| France | 1,341 | 3% | -6% | 2,645 | 2024-30 | 1,040 | 2024-52 | 5,512 | 0% |
| Switzerland | 788 | -6% | 0% | 1,037 | 2025-04 | 526 | 2024-47 | 3,505 | 4% |
| Italy | 740 | -17% | -1% | 2,171 | 2024-29 | 516 | 2025-01 | 3,076 | -1% |
| Middle East | 1,134 | -21% | -24% | 1,692 | 2024-24 | 1,042 | 2024-14 | 5,410 | -8% |
| Africa | 895 | -5% | 9% | 968 | 2025-08 | 606 | 2024-36 | 3,693 | 22% |
| Asia | 2,312 | -7% | -3% | 2,558 | 2024-46 | 1,948 | 2024-25 | 9,612 | -1% |
| South America | 2,085 | -21% | -4% | 2,701 | 2024-51 | 1,801 | 2025-01 | 9,067 | 13% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
Charter and fractional operators (35,732 segments) fared better than the overall market, down just 1% year-over-year.
Over the past four weeks, their 146,735 segments have reflected a 4% improvement compared to 2024.
The U.S. (27,169) saw 2% gains sequentially and year-over-year.
Its 110,265 segments in the past four weeks were 6% ahead of last year.
PART 135/91K – PRIVATE JET FLIGHT ACTIVITY ANALYSIS – 2025 – WEEK 10
| Market (Part 91K & Part135) | Week 10 | %Change vs. prior wk | %Change vs W10 2024 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | %Change vs YOY |
| Global | 35,732 | 1% | -1% | 41,902 | 2024-29 | 31,002 | 2025-02 | 146,735 | 4% |
| North America | 27,679 | 2% | 2% | 30,966 | 2024-42 | 23,012 | 2024-27 | 112,361 | 6% |
| USA | 27,169 | 2% | 2% | 30,299 | 2024-42 | 22,333 | 2024-27 | 110,265 | 6% |
| Florida | 4,832 | 0% | 2% | 5,501 | 2025-01 | 2,180 | 2024-35 | 20,004 | 8% |
| California | 3,198 | 9% | 2% | 3,483 | 2024-43 | 2,430 | 2024-27 | 12,572 | 4% |
| Texas | 2,420 | 5% | -2% | 2,845 | 2024-42 | 1,653 | 2024-27 | 9,517 | 12% |
| Europe | 5,701 | 0% | -10% | 11,117 | 2024-26 | 4,588 | 2025-02 | 23,499 | -3% |
| UK | 832 | -1% | -12% | 1,616 | 2024-28 | 692 | 2025-03 | 3,626 | 1% |
| Germany | 631 | 6% | -23% | 1,263 | 2024-25 | 414 | 2025-01 | 2,485 | -16% |
| France | 917 | 10% | -10% | 1,939 | 2024-30 | 729 | 2025-03 | 3,620 | -6% |
| Switzerland | 602 | -4% | -6% | 785 | 2025-08 | 379 | 2024-47 | 2,689 | 1% |
| Italy | 545 | -15% | -5% | 1,722 | 2024-29 | 377 | 2025-01 | 2,259 | -1% |
| Middle East | 496 | -26% | -37% | 1,047 | 2024-31 | 496 | 2025-10 | 2,570 | -16% |
| Africa | 200 | -11% | -7% | 312 | 2024-52 | 169 | 2024-12 | 1,016 | 24% |
| Asia | 260 | -15% | -8% | 411 | 2024-46 | 228 | 2025-06 | 1,184 | 0% |
| South America | 41 | 2% | 24% | 64 | 2024-34 | 16 | 2024-23 | 169 | -8% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
Florida and California fractional and charter segments were 2% above 2024 levels.
European fractional and charter flying (5,701 segments) was 10% under last year’s Week 10 activity.
Its 23,499 departures are a 3% year-over-year decline.
Middle East fractional and charter departures plummeted 37% in Week 10 to 496 movements.
That brought the region down 16% year-over-year during the past four weeks.
On a high note, Africa rose 24% during the past four weeks despite a 7% year-over-year drop in Week 10.
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