Global Bizjet Activity Remains Firm, New Report Says

WingX’s Week 9 global market tracker news release stated this was relatively the strongest week year over year since the end of January. Year-to-date bizjet activity globally is up 2 percent, rebounding from a 2 percent downturn in the first 10 weeks of 2024.

“Business jet activity has remained very firm in the last three months, representing a genuine rebound from flatline trends in 2023 and 2024,” said Richard Koe, managing director at WingX. “In the most recent week, demand was notably strong to and from Washington, D.C., unsurprisingly. European markets are generally behind at the start of March, with Germany the most obvious laggard.”

The Week 9 report also revealed that bizjet activity in the U.S. was strongest in Florida and Texas, with flight departures up 6 percent and 8 percent, respectively. American Part 135 and 91K departures were also 8 percent higher than last year.

“For the month of February, U.S. airports saw varying trends, with some gains at top airport Teterboro [KTEB in New Jersey] and Washington Dulles [KIAD], but substantial dips from Palm Beach [KBPI] and McCarran [KLAS, now Harry Reid International in Las Vegas],” the report stated. “Overall, business jet activity across the U.S. in February fell 1 percent compared to last year (noting the absence of the leap year), still 27 percent ahead of February 2019.”

Week 9 bizjet activity in Europe remained on par with last year. Aircraft activity with commercial air operator certificates fell 3 percent, with activity in Germany dropping as much as 6 percent.

Switzerland and Italy saw small growth, however, with departures up 8 percent and 9 percent compared to last year.

For February, bizjet activity fell 4 percent in Europe compared to 2024, with a total of 33,887 bizjet departures recorded.

“Despite February's declines, year to date, France and the United Kingdom remain 2 percent and 1 percent ahead of 2024,” the report stated. “Germany’s losses extended, February activity was 11 percent behind last year, taking the year-to-date trend to minus-7 percent versus last year.”

Meanwhile, Spain joined Belgium as the only two countries in the top 10 to see bizjet activity grow compared to last year. WingX stated Spain’s growth in February “appears to be coming from a strong domestic market” with bizjet sectors on domestic flights up 8 percent compared to last year.

Outside of the U.S. and Europe, bizjet activity in Week 9 grew 7 percent compared to last year—mostly spurred by big rises in Africa and South America with departures up 21 percent and 30 percent, respectively.

Activity in the Middle East fell 11 percent compared to week 9 in 2024, while departures in Asia fell 4 percent.

Mexico topped the rest of the world market for bizjet departures on par with last year, and both Brazil and India saw strong growth with departures up 12 percent and 13 percent from last year, respectively.

Australia had 8 percent less bizjet activity in February 2025 than the year prior.