Business aviation traffic has been trending downwards over the past four weeks, off by 4 percent globally, according to WingX. Traffic in the second week of January dipped by 7 percent year-over-year (YOY) as winter storms and the end of the holidays affected traffic. In particular, Part 135 and 91K flights ebbed, WingX reported, while the airlines were up 6 percent YOY.
In the second week in North America, traffic dropped by 8.5 percent from a year ago, but this varied by region, with Mexico up by 4.7 percent and the U.S. down by 9.3 percent. Even so, the nation’s busiest business aviation airport, Teterboro in New Jersey, remained on par with last year.
In Europe, traffic was down 6 percent year-over-year in week two of the year and has trended down by 2 percent over the last four weeks. Light jets remained the busiest segment for the week, topping 1,600 flights in the region. More than 500 unique ultra-long-range jets were active during the second week. Traffic trends varied by region, down by 15 percent in week two in France but up by 6 percent in Switzerland, which hosted the World Economic Forum.
Traffic continues to improve in Asia and the Middle East, rising 2 percent YOY in the second week, and by 10 percent specifically in the Middle East.