Data: Three-Month Performances of Main Operator Classes

Hourly aircraft utilization by corporate, fractional and charter operators rose in the December 2025 to February 2026 timeframe when compared to the same period of 2024-25 and 2019-20, according to Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization.

Private individual operators show a -3% decrease YoY and a +29% compared to the same period in 2019-20.

The total hours for corporate operators – by far the largest of the four operator classes with a fleet that exceeds 21.5k aircraft – came to just under one million hours over the three months, +1% YoY and 14% above 2019-20.

Fractional operators collectively have flown 10% more YoY and show a utilization growth of 68% compared to same period of 2019-20.