Hourly utilization for corporate, fractional, charter and private individual operators rose during Q2 2026 when compared to the same period of 2025 and 2019, according to data from Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization.
The total hours for corporate operators – by far the largest of the four operator classes with a fleet that exceeds 21,000 aircraft – came to just over one million hours over the three months, representing a 2% increase compared to a year ago and up 141% compared to Q2 2019.
Fractional operators collectively flew 11% more during Q2 when compared to a year ago and show a utilization growth of 280% over the same period of 2019.
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