Data: Three-Month Performances For Main Operator Classes

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Corporate, Fractional, Charter and Private individual operators all surpassed their hourly utilization performance during February to April 2026 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 21,600 aircraft – came to just under one million hours over the three months, up 4% year-over-year and 33% above the Feb-Apr 2019 period.

Fractional operators collectively have flown 11% more year-over-year and show a utilization growth of 93% over the same period of 2019.

 

Antoine Fafard

Antoine works as an analyst with the Aviation Week Network, focusing on commercial fleets and MRO.