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Hourly utilization by corporate, fractional and charter operators rose from August to October 2026 when compared to the same periods in 2025 and 2019, according to Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization data.
Only private individual operators showed a negative year-over-year change with a decline of 2%, the data show.
The total hours for corporate operators – by far the largest of the four operator classes with a fleet that exceeds 21,900 aircraft – came to just under one million hours over the three months, up 2% year-over-year and 49% above the same period of 2019.
Fractional operators have collectively flew 6% more during the period compared to a year ago and show a growth in utilization of 103% over the same period of 2019.
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