Data Tool: Utilization Changes By Business Aviation Operator Classs 

New figures from Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization data shows that fractional operators led growth for hourly flown figures, having surpassed their performance from 2022-23 (+6%) and 2019-20 (+39%) for the same three-month period, Dec. 2023-Feb. 2024.

Results for non-scheduled airlines, or charter operators, show a 5% increase year-on-year, while their recent three-month total was 39% above the December 2019 to February 2020 utilization.

Total hours for corporate operators—the largest of the four operator classes—came to just shy of 880,000 hr. during the recent three-month period, only 1% below December 2022 to February 2023 and 22% higher than the same period from 2019-20.