Fractional, jet card, and ad hoc charter flights powered private jet flight hours to a 1.7% gain in March per ARGUS TRAQPak.
After finishing 2025’s first quarter up by 1.0%, ARGUS TRAQPak analysts expect private jet flight hours to dip 1.2% in April.
March’s 1.7% gain beat ARGUS TRAQPak’s forecast for a 0.6% gain.
ARGUS Senior Vice President Travis Kuhn says, “Q1 2025 is in the history books, and, even with some lingering economic uncertainty, we managed to gain 1.0% in Q1 2025, after two plus years of consistent declines.”
Kuhn tells Private Jet Card Comparisons, “Fractional and Part 135 activity has started the year in positive territory, but Part 91 and overall large cabin activity continue to be underperforming segments.”
He adds, “All things considered, we’re in pretty good shape as an industry so far.”
2024 ranked as the industry’s third-best year ever based on flight hours per the ARGUS TRAQPak data.
Turboprops (+3.6%) and Midsize jets (+3.1%) saw the most significant gains in March year-over-year.
Small jets were up 0.2%, while large cabin flying was down 1.9%.
Fractional operators continued to lead the way with a 7.1% year-over-year jump.
Midsize fractional jets saw a flying surge of 9.2% year-over-year in March.
Small jets were up 4.6%, while large cabin jets were 4.4% ahead of 2023.
Turboprops were in the black as well, up 1.0% year-over-year.
Part 135 operators saw flight hours increase by 2.2% compared to 2024, according to ARGUS TRAQPak.
Only large cabin jets (-2.1%) saw a decline.
Turboprops (+5.8%) powered the segment, while light jets were up 3.1%.
Midsize jet hours increased by 0.4%.
Part 91 flying was down 0.9%.
Large cabin flying was down 3.3%.
Only turboprops (+2.2%) saw gains.
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