Data: Fractional Operators Log Superior Year-Over-Year Performance

New data for the June to August 2025 three-month period shows that corporate, fractional, charter and private-class operators all surpassed their hourly utilization performance against the same periods of 2024 and 2019, according to Aviation Week’s Aircraft Utilization data.

The total flight hours for corporate operators—by far the largest of the four operator classes with a fleet that exceeds 21,000 aircraft—totaled more than 950,000 hr. during the period, up 5% compared to the same period a year ago and 15% above June to August of 2019.