Utilization Change For Top Business Operators

Hourly flown figures for the leading business aviation carriers – extracted from Aviation Week Network’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization – show that NetJets, Flexjet, Vistajet, Wheels Up and FlyExclusive all experienced a September-November 2024 utilization total superior to the same period of 2023. All five carriers have also experienced a quarter above Sep-Nov 2019 levels.

Significantly larger in fleet size to the other featured operators, NetJets accumulated just over 175,000 flight hrs. during the period, having flown more than 55,000 hrs. per month consistently since February 2024. The carrier had reached a record high of just over 60,000 hrs. in the months of March, May and October 2024.