December 18, 2025
Worldwide private jet flight activity has now gone 30 weeks without a year-over-year weekly decrease, according to the latest WingX data.
During week 48 of 2025, private jets around the world recorded nearly 71,000 total departures.
According to WingX, this was a 3% year-over-year increase, compared to the same week in 2024.
Even so, this represented a sharp decrease from the previous week, which saw 12% more private jet flights.
Still, it extended the industry’s streak to 30 weeks without a year-over-year weekly dip.
So far, on a year-over-year basis, the scorecard shows:
This past week, according to WingX, private jets recorded 70,779 departures worldwide.
Additionally, on a rolling four-week basis, global private jets have recorded nearly 310,000 departures. Compared to the same period last year, this was about 7% more private jet departures.
Overall, November saw continued growth in private jet flight activity. Africa led the way, recording 25% more flights than in November 2024. Europe saw the slowest growth, only representing a 1% increase in monthly flights year-over-year.
The year-over-year increase in global private jet departures was led by North America, as the region recorded nearly 50,000 private jet flights over the past week.
The United States saw a 3% year-over-year increase in private jet flights, which follows trends seen in previous years around the Thanksgiving holiday. Even so, the country saw about 16% fewer flights than last week.
California was one state that showed a significant year-over-year jump of about 6%. However, the state also recorded 10% fewer flights than last week.
Texas saw a significant week-over-week decrease in private jet flights, recording 21% fewer flights than week 47. However, the state was still able to secure 5% more private jet flights than the same week last year.
Europe recorded a disappointing 3% decrease in flights year-over-year. Additionally, the region only recorded 8,120 private jet departures, which was 7% fewer than last week.
Italy was one country that saw a significant year-over-year drop of 6%. However, Germany followed suit with a 5% drop compared to the same week last year.
The UK saw a large 9% drop compared to the number of flights recorded last week. However, the country was able to secure 1% more flights than the same week last year, one of the only countries to show year-over-year growth.
The Middle East saw a slight week-over-week drop of about 2%. Even so, the region saw 12% more flights than last year, showing continued growth.
Africa showed the largest week-over-week increase, recording 18% more flights than last week. This represented a 32% increase year-over-year.
Asia and South America each saw a slight week-over-week decrease, but were each able to secure a 10% year-over-year increase.
| Market | Week 48 | %Change vs. prior week | %Change vs W48 2024 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | %Change vs YOY |
| Global | 70,779 | -12% | 3% | 82,323 | 2025-42 | 60,344 | 2025-02 | 309,825 | 7% |
| North America | 49,319 | -16% | 3% | 60,676 | 2025-42 | 42,432 | 2025-02 | 223,815 | 8% |
| USA | 47,943 | -16% | 3% | 58,819 | 2025-42 | 41,153 | 2025-27 | 217,270 | 8% |
| Florida | 7,813 | -3% | 4% | 9,249 | 2025-12 | 4,275 | 2025-33 | 31,448 | 10% |
| California | 4,856 | -10% | 6% | 5,453 | 2025-42 | 3,798 | 2025-27 | 20,766 | 9% |
| Texas | 5,177 | -21% | 5% | 6,526 | 2025-47 | 3,963 | 2025-27 | 24,006 | 8% |
| Europe | 8,120 | -7% | -3% | 15,760 | 2025-28 | 6,312 | 2025-01 | 34,495 | 1% |
| UK | 1,274 | -9% | 1% | 2,218 | 2025-28 | 1,006 | 2024-52 | 5,402 | 3% |
| Germany | 1,094 | -12% | -5% | 1,634 | 2025-22 | 549 | 2025-01 | 4,742 | 0% |
| France | 1,174 | 0% | -2% | 2,815 | 2025-28 | 1,040 | 2024-52 | 4,759 | -3% |
| Switzerland | 566 | -4% | -3% | 1,036 | 2025-04 | 540 | 2025-16 | 2,346 | 1% |
| Italy | 826 | -5% | -6% | 2,478 | 2025-26 | 516 | 2025-01 | 3,590 | 3% |
| Middle East | 1,471 | -2% | 12% | 1,792 | 2025-20 | 1,152 | 2025-10 | 5,929 | 13% |
| Africa | 1,105 | 18% | 32% | 1,105 | 2025-48 | 661 | 2025-39 | 3,850 | 24% |
| Asia | 2,452 | -5% | 10% | 2,694 | 2025-45 | 1,769 | 2025-31 | 10,387 | 10% |
| South America | 2,815 | -3% | 10% | 2,932 | 2025-46 | 1,787 | 2025-01 | 11,370 | 19% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
The private jet charter and fractional business segment also showed continued year-over-year growth.
November was especially successful for charter and fractional operators, as they made up 20% of all flights throughout the month. This was 12% more private jet flights than in November 2024.
The two largest fractional jet operators, NetJets and Flexjet, made up 83% of all fractional private jet flights. These two companies also saw a combined 14% more flights compared to the same week last year.
Several other private jet operators saw significant increases in November. Executive Jet Management, flyExclusive, and VistaJet each saw year-over-year increases of over 15%.
Baker Aviation saw the largest year-over-year increase in November private jet departures, with 131.5% more flights.
| Market (Part 91K & Part 135) | Week 48 | %Change vs prior wk | %Change vs W8 2024 | 52-week high | Week | 52-week low | Week | Last 4 Weeks (Flights) | %Change vs YOY |
| Global | 37,758 | -5% | 1% | 42,587 | 2025-42 | 30,951 | 2025-02 | 155,917 | 6% |
| North America | 29,129 | -7% | 1% | 33,255 | 2025-42 | 23,595 | 2025-02 | 121,935 | 7% |
| USA | 28,644 | -6% | 1% | 32,539 | 2025-42 | 23,139 | 2025-02 | 119,534 | 7% |
| Florida | 4,849 | 3% | 0% | 5,484 | 2025-01 | 2,367 | 2025-33 | 18,735 | 9% |
| California | 3,322 | -4% | 4% | 3,457 | 2025-45 | 2,613 | 2025-27 | 13,421 | 7% |
| Texas | 2,511 | -16% | 1% | 2,980 | 2025-47 | 1,853 | 2025-27 | 11,230 | 10% |
| Europe | 5,552 | -7% | -2% | 11,682 | 2025-28 | 4,648 | 2025-02 | 23,421 | -1% |
| UK | 909 | -6% | 1% | 1,650 | 2025-28 | 717 | 2025-03 | 3,729 | 1% |
| Germany | 646 | -18% | -10% | 1,113 | 2025-22 | 417 | 2025-01 | 2,895 | -8% |
| France | 759 | 0% | 0% | 2,161 | 2025-28 | 746 | 2025-03 | 3,065 | -4% |
| Switzerland | 404 | -5% | -5% | 799 | 2025-08 | 404 | 2025-48 | 1,668 | -2% |
| Italy | 642 | -3% | -2% | 1,907 | 2025-27 | 376 | 2025-01 | 2,720 | 3% |
| Middle East | 685 | -5% | 5% | 1,016 | 2025-33 | 517 | 2025-10 | 2,870 | 5% |
| Africa | 325 | 23% | 21% | 325 | 2025-48 | 170 | 2025-31 | 1,064 | 19% |
| Asia | 362 | 9% | 12% | 400 | 2025-14 | 206 | 2025-29 | 1,382 | -5% |
| South America | 59 | 0% | 5% | 92 | 2025-11 | 32 | 2025-07 | 246 | 18% |
Source: WingX for Private Jet Card Comparisons. Includes Jets and VIP Airliners.
Overall, Part 91K and Part 135 private jet operations remained relatively even year-over-year, increasing slightly by about 1%. However, compared to last week, this was about 5% fewer flights.
North America saw the most fractional and charter flights, recording just under 30,000 total departures. This represented a 1% year-over-year increase, although it was about 7% less than last year.
The US saw about 6% fewer flights than last week. Texas saw the largest week-over-week drop of about 16%. However, Part 91K and Part 135 operations in Florida stayed even, showing a 3% increase over last week.
Fractional and charter flights in Europe showed a 2% year-over-year decrease and a 7% drop compared to last week.
Germany saw both the largest week-over-week and year-over-year decreases, recording an 18% drop and a 16% drop, respectively.
Switzerland also saw a 5% year-over-year drop. However, Part 91K and Part 135 operations showed year-over-year growth in the UK and France.
The Middle East region also saw a decrease in week-over-week fractional and charter operations, about 5% fewer flights. However, the region still saw about 5% more flights than the same week last year.
Africa showed continued growth in the fractional and charter segments. The region recorded a 23% week-over-week jump and a 21% year-over-year jump.
Part 91K and Part 135 operations also remained strong in Asia, as the region recorded 12% more flights than the same week last year.
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