Last week’s Independence Day holiday weekend in the U.S. saw record business jet activity—surpassing last year by 11 percent—according to industry data tracker WingX Advance, and a 48 percent improvement over pre-Pandemic 2019. Aside from that burst of activity, for the past month, business jet volumes are down by 5 percent year-over-year in North America despite Canada and Mexico being slightly ahead of last year’s pace. Ultra-long-range jets were the only aircraft segment to see growth, up 2 percent compared with June 2022. Globally, turbine aircraft usage dipped by 3 percent year-over-year in June. In Europe, business jet activity was off by 7 percent, but still 10 percent above 2019. Year-to-date, European business jet sectors are trailing 2022 levels by 8 percent. France—the busiest market in Europe—was down by three percent last month compared with a year ago. Aside from North America and Europe, the rest of the world saw an 8 percent increase in June activity compared with a year ago. Australia is the only market in the group to see declines from 2022. While departures were down by 6 percent, they were still up 71 percent when compared with June 2019.