Bizjet activity dropping amid challenging environment for charter operators
1/06/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
Business jet activity tapered significantly in the most recent week compared to the same week last year, although the lead on 2019 remains fairly robust. The market is weathering d...
Bizjet demand in Europe stuttering, steadier elsewhere
25/05/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
The steep declines in activity compared to 2022 have softened in late May, steadying the gains compared to pre-pandemic 2019. Europe appears to be the weak spot, with activity in ...
Choppy charter market as industry heads into EBACE
18/05/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
In terms of aggregate flight activity, the business jet market has moved well off the peaks we saw early last year, with the charter market particularly choppy. The gap betwe...
Bizjet demand still well above 2019 as summer season nears
11/05/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
The year-on-year deficit appears to be narrowing as we come out of Spring, reflecting the fact that the first Quarter of 2022 was a one-off and exceptional spike in demand for pri...
Bizjet trends stabilising at 10% under last year’s record trends
04/05/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
Business jet demand has fallen well off last year’s peaks, but at least appears to be stabilising at around 10% down compared to the Spring of 2022. As growth trends started to ta...
Airline connectivity recovery and bizav gains vs 2019 diminishing
27/04/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
With the gap closing between commercial airline activity in 2023 and 2019, business aviation trends are moving in the other direction, with just under 10% gain in April 2023 versu...
Bizjet slipping back fast in Europe, record levels in Middle East
20/04/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
Bizjet flight activity in Germany has slipped back an eye-watering 27% in April 2023 compared to April 2019. Other countries in Europe are also seeing big declines, with the ...
Early Easter subdues European trend, US charter still up 20% vs 2019.
13/04/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
There is always significantly less flying during the Easter holidays and as that came earlier this year, the trends are suppressed compared to 2022 and 2019. That said, the defici...
Fractional programs flying at record levels, charter volumes dropping back
06/04/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
Business jet activity in Q1 2023 is only modestly down from Q1 2022 but the gap has increased in the last few weeks. This may reflect the surge in demand following the lifting of ...
Bizav activity down 2% in Q1 2023 YOY, still up 12% versus Q1 2019
30/03/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
The first quarter of 2023 has shown a modest cooling compared to record-breaking Q1 2022, although the sharper decline in the US charter market has eroded a substantial amount of ...