December 18, 2025
Global private jet flight activity remained flat for a rare week without year-over-year gains, as Week 39 was flat despite a Ryder Cup boost.
During Week 39 of 2025, global private jet activity reached approximately 74,368 departures.
However, while it wasn’t a down week, it was a rare week without year-over-year gains.
Private jet flight activity during this week remained flat compared to Week 39 of last year.
The activity also represents a 6% drop compared to last week.
So far, on a year-over-year basis, the scorecard shows:
This week, private jet flight activity remained relatively flat compared to the same week last year.
However, over the last four weeks, private jets have totaled over 307,000 departures.
This is an approximate 7% increase over the same period of last year.
This past week also brought several significant developments in the private aviation industry.
WingX Managing Director Richard Koe discussed the current status of the private jet industry:
Koe stated:
‘While Week 39 was flat compared to last year, the four-week trend shows we’re still up 7% which reflects solid underlying demand. The New York events, both the UN General Assembly and Ryder Cup, generated strong traffic as expected. Looking at the industry side, Flexjet’s massive 300-aircraft order and Gulfstream’s G300 launch show operators and manufacturers are confident about longterm growth in the business aviation market, especially in the Super Mid segment.’
Week-to-week departures decreased 6% globally.
This was noticed in the United States, which also saw a 6% week-to-week decrease.
This was also a 1% annual drop.
Florida, California, and Texas, all major private aviation states, each saw week-to-week drops of over 7%.
However, due to major events in late September, New York City was able to stabilize private jet activity.
Both the 80th UN General Assembly, which took place from September 22nd to the 29th, and the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black on Long Island, which ran from September 26th to the 28th, resulted in significant increases in private jet traffic.
New York City airports recorded over 1,380 private jet arrivals leading into the UN General Assembly, while the Ryder Cup weekend drew over 2,220 private jet arrivals.
Europe also saw a slight week-to-week decrease, representing about 1% fewer private jet departures than last week.
However, the continent saw a 3% week-to-week decrease.
This was largely due to large year-over-year increases in Italy and the UK.
However, Germany and France saw slight year-over-year decreases.
Other regions of the world, including the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America, each experienced week-over-week decreases.
However, year-over-year, Africa saw a 3% increase and South America saw a 17% increase in private jet flight activity.
| Market | Week 39 | %Change vs. prior week | %Change vs W39 2024 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | %Change vs YOY |
| Global | 74,368 | -6% | 0% | 79,930 | 2025-26 | 60,319 | 2025-02 | 307,288 | 7% |
| North America | 51,746 | -6% | -1% | 56,521 | 2024-42 | 42,433 | 2025-02 | 214,663 | 8% |
| USA | 49,791 | -6% | -1% | 54,811 | 2024-42 | 41,236 | 2025-27 | 206,676 | 8% |
| Florida | 4,449 | -7% | 9% | 9,207 | 2025-12 | 4,258 | 2025-33 | 18,404 | 8% |
| California | 4,070 | -14% | -11% | 5,359 | 2025-17 | 3,792 | 2025-27 | 18,176 | 6% |
| Texas | 5,010 | -7% | -6% | 5,917 | 2024-42 | 3,960 | 2025-01 | 20,806 | 7% |
| Europe | 12,694 | -1% | 3% | 15,752 | 2025-28 | 6,313 | 2025-01 | 50,643 | 2% |
| UK | 1,787 | -2% | 4% | 2,217 | 2025-28 | 1,003 | 2024-52 | 7,220 | 3% |
| Germany | 1,434 | -3% | -4% | 1,633 | 2025-22 | 549 | 2025-01 | 5,475 | -2% |
| France | 1,962 | 3% | -8% | 2,814 | 2025-28 | 1,040 | 2024-52 | 7,780 | -1% |
| Switzerland | 744 | -14% | 0% | 1,036 | 2025-04 | 525 | 2024-47 | 3,240 | 2% |
| Italy | 1,778 | 5% | 18% | 2,477 | 2025-26 | 516 | 2025-01 | 7,108 | 12% |
| Middle East | 1,315 | -14% | 0% | 1,792 | 2025-20 | 1,151 | 2025-10 | 5,817 | 9% |
| Africa | 687 | -20% | 3% | 1,077 | 2025-17 | 659 | 2024-40 | 3,236 | 17% |
| Asia | 2,315 | -5% | -6% | 2,577 | 2025-09 | 1,797 | 2025-31 | 9,312 | 2% |
| South America | 2,465 | -9% | 17% | 2,859 | 2025-34 | 1,796 | 2025-01 | 10,516 | 25% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
Global fractional and charter operations experienced a slight year-over-year decrease in activity, with 1% fewer flights recorded.
However, Part 91K and 135 operators saw about 6% fewer flights than last week.
North America experienced a 7% decrease in fractional and charter flights, although this was relatively steady compared to last year.
In the US, Florida, California, and Texas each experienced drops of at least 7% compared to the previous week.
Florida saw the highest year-over-year increase, recording 9% more flights.
However, California saw 11% fewer charter and fractional flights compared to last year.
| Market (Part 91K & Part 135) | Week 39 | %Change vs prior wk | %Change vs W39 2024 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | %Change vs YOY |
| Global | 38,168 | -6% | -1% | 42,700 | 2025-25 | 31,203 | 2025-02 | 157,772 | 6% |
| North America | 27,956 | -7% | 0% | 31,213 | 2024-42 | 23,865 | 2025-02 | 116,312 | 10% |
| USA | 27,201 | -7% | 0% | 30,546 | 2024-42 | 23,411 | 2025-02 | 113,148 | 10% |
| Florida | 2,528 | -8% | 9% | 5,532 | 2025-01 | 2,412 | 2025-33 | 10,405 | 10% |
| California | 2,640 | -13% | -11% | 3,476 | 2024-43 | 2,640 | 2025-39 | 11,787 | 8% |
| Texas | 2,332 | -7% | -1% | 2,871 | 2024-42 | 1,902 | 2025-27 | 9,640 | 11% |
| Europe | 8,630 | -1% | -2% | 11,240 | 2025-28 | 4,642 | 2025-02 | 34,627 | -3% |
| UK | 1,248 | 0% | -1% | 1591 | 2025-28 | 717 | 2025-03 | 5,099 | -1% |
| Germany | 899 | -5% | -9% | 1,109 | 2025-22 | 417 | 2025-01 | 3,475 | -8% |
| France | 1,323 | 5% | -12% | 2,069 | 2025-28 | 746 | 2025-03 | 5,291 | -6% |
| Switzerland | 521 | -14% | -4% | 799 | 2025-08 | 378 | 2024-47 | 2,279 | -3% |
| Italy | 1,293 | 3% | 11% | 1,873 | 2025-27 | 374 | 2025-01 | 5,185 | 5% |
| Middle East | 665 | -10% | -8% | 931 | 2025-25 | 518 | 2025-10 | 2,995 | -2% |
| Africa | 154 | -28% | -36% | 313 | 2024-52 | 154 | 2025-39 | 806 | -13% |
| Asia | 269 | -19% | -22% | 413 | 2024-46 | 213 | 2025-29 | 1,101 | -18% |
| South America | 44 | 52% | -2% | 92 | 2025-11 | 27 | 2024-40 | 176 | 18% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
Europe experienced a 1% decrease week-to-week and a 2% decrease year-over-year in fractional and charter flight operations.
France saw a 5% increase in flights compared to the previous week, although it remained about 12% lower than the same period last year.
Italy also saw a 3% increase, although the country recorded 11% more flights than last year.
Switzerland and Germany also saw slight week-to-week decreases, remaining down compared to last year.
The Middle East saw a 10% week-to-week drop, and the region remains down by about 8% compared to last year.
South America saw the largest week-to-week increase, recording 52% more fights than last week. However, the region was down by about 2% compared to last year.
Africa and Asia each saw year-over-year decreases by over 20%.
Africa recorded 28% fewer charter and fractional flights than the previous week, while Asia saw a 19% decrease in flights compared to the last week.
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