Charter market dipping 15% in March compared to last year
16/03/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
March 2022 was the record peak in business aviation activity, reflecting the pent-up demand as the pandemic faded and lockdowns were released, so it’s not a great surprise to see ...
Softening demand but large cabin activity holding up well
09/03/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
The European market softened further in February, with trajectory back towards 2019 levels, although the loss of Russian customers year-on-year will elapse next month. In the...
BizAv activity slowing but still well up on 2019, especially in Super Midsize
01/03/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
The downwards slide in bizjet demand is steepening, especially in charter, but there are still comfortable gains compared to 2019. The US and Middle East markets standout. In Euro...
Presidents´ Day bizjet flights 10% down YOY, still 23% up on 2019
23/02/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
The downwards slide in business jet activity is apparent in the US as well as Europe, notably in the charter market. On the anniversary of the start of the Ukraine war, the loss o...
Fractional operators going strong, charter off its peak, Europe demand wobble
16/02/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
Global business jet activity is flat this February compared to February last year, which maintains a healthy 12% gain over February 2019. Charter is the relative weak spot, c...
February seeing steeper declines in year on year bizjet trends
09/02/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
The next couple of months could be the first time since 2019 when year-on-year trends start to normalise, with the modest growth so far this year compared to 2022 largely flattere...
Charter demand sliding, UK activity drops, but overall activity holds
02/02/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
The downwards drift in bizjet demand in Europe is starting to get concerning, with the charter market seeing the biggest drops, especially in central Europe. Conversely, tran...
Global demand holding but charter market back to 2019 levels in Europe.
26/01/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
The business jet market has seen peak demand taper across almost all indicators but it’s not yet clear whether this has merely eased capacity constraints, or now threatens to unde...
Business Jet market still buoyant, WEF traffic relatively muted
19/01/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
Business jet activity is holding up, losing some ground to last year’s record January activity, when the end of lockdowns released a surge of pent-up demand. Transatlantic fl...
Overall activity levels holding but charter demand sliding fast
12/01/2023 - WINGX's weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Summary
Business aviation activity has entered the new year with a small head-start on the first days of January 2022, with some recovery in the US following the winter storm blip in...