Data: Q1 2026 Flight Hours For Top Bizav Operators
A NetJets Bombardier Challenger 650 business jet departs San Diego International Airport en route to Atlanta in December 2025.
Aggregated hourly flight hours for the world’s leading business aviation carriers show business operators NetJets and Flexjet experienced a Q1 2026 utilization higher than the first three months of 2025. Meanwhile, VistaJet, Wheels Up and Flyexclusive year-on-year performances declined, with VistaJet down 3%, Wheels Up, down 40% and FlyExclusive down 2% for the three-month period compared to a year ago.
Flexjet stands out, with a 12% increase during the period. The carrier’s total also comes to an increase of 169% over Q1 2019.
Significantly larger in fleet size to the other featured operators, NetJets cumulated just over 200,000 hours during the first quarter of 2026, with hours up 71% from the same period in 2019.
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