Average jet card deposits hit an all-time high, reaching over $300,000, as private aviation users provide a bullish outlook for future demand.
Over 95% of flyers who started private aviation during the Covid-19 pandemic or since are still flying privately, according to new research from Private Jet Card Comparisons.
The survey results are based on research conducted with subscribers regarding their buying behavior between mid-July and mid-September.
The research garnered over 540 responses.
It has a margin of error of +/- 3%.
Some 96.7% of respondents who hadn’t been using private aviation before the pandemic report they are still flying privately.
The 43.1% who said they are flying privately regularly increased from 39.2% in last year’s survey.
This year’s survey marks the fifth edition of The Jet Card Report by Private Jet Card Comparisons.
Despite the name of the website, subscribers use a diverse mix of private aviation solutions.
69.8% use jet cards with 44.2% chartering on a trip-by-trip basis.
Riding on friends’ private jets ranked third at 22.3%, followed by fractional ownership at 21.9%.
Just over one in 10 respondents (10.1%) own their own private aircraft.
A similar amount (9.5%) use by-the-seat and shared private travel options.
Only 2.7% say they have access to a private jet from a company where they are employed.
Approximately 80% were in a programmatic solution, including jet cards, memberships, and fractionals.
Overall, the typical private flyer has at least two options, including multiple jet cards.
Over half of private jet owners also have a jet card (55.1%), with 46.9% using ad hoc charter flights to supplement their own aircraft.
Taking into account the new flyers and the usage of pre-pandemic flyers, 62.7% of total respondents report flying more than they did before the Covid pandemic.
32.1% are using private aviation at a similar level.
Only 5.2% say they are flying less privately than before the pandemic.
Subscribers who had requested an analysis of the best options between September 2024 and August 2025 say they expected to fly 42.8 hours privately in the subsequent 12 months.
That was within the margin of error from last year’s research, where the subscribers expected to fly 42.7 hours.
The average jet card deposit hit an all-time high.
Respondents who had funded prepaid jet cards reported spending an average of $300,523.
That’s up 7.9% from the previous year’s $278,608.
Bolstering optimism, 76.6% described their personal financial outlook for the next 12 to 24 months as extremely or very confident, up four points from 2024.
Adding in respondents who described themselves as “somewhat confident,” overall total confidence increased from 95.3% to 96.3%
Private jet usage is on track to possibly eclipse the records set in 2021 and 2022, after a slight dip in 2023 and 2024.
The 2025/26 Jet Card Report by Private Jet Card Comparisons will be published in early November.
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