Data for Q2 2026 from Aviation Week's Tracked Aircraft Utilization shows that corporate, fractional, charter and private individual operators have all surpassed their hourly utilization performance against the same period of 2025 and 2019.
Aggregated hourly flown figures for the world’s leading business aviation carriers – extracted from Aviation Week's Tracked Aircraft Utilization – reveal that NetJets and Flexjet experienced a Q2 2026 utilization superior to the same period of 2025.
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The number of hours flown by corporate, fractional, charter and private individual operators from March to May 2026 rose when compared to hourly utilization performance during the same period of 2025 and 2019, according to Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization data.
The total number of hours flown by private aviation providers NetJets and Flexjet rose during the March to May 2026 period compared to the same period in 2025, both with an increase of 12%, according to Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization data.