Buisness aviation news
We had just come off a year when the Asia-Pacific civil helicopter fleet had grown by a very healthy 4.3%, with China alone adding net 90 helicopters and growing by an astonishing 22%.
Global fixed wing flight activity is more than three times what it was last April, three weeks into the month, according to WINGX`s weekly Global Market Tracker. Year to date, scheduled airline sectors are still trailing by 29% in 2021 versus 2020, but business aviation aircraft are already 18% busier.
Members of the International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA) closed 211 preowned aircraft sales transactions in the first quarter of 2021, with another 246 aircraft under contract to close in the next few months. The data was included in the Spring 2021 IADA Market Report.
Aero Asset reports that first quarter 2021 retail sales of preowned twin-engine helicopters dropped after two successive strong quarters.
Global business aviation activity this April is 221% up versus April 2020, and 5% down on April 2019, according to WINGX`s weekly Global Market Tracker. Since the start of the year, business jet and prop activity is now 10% up on same period for 2020, 9% behind same period in 2019.
Global business aviation activity this April is more than double April 2020, little surprise given the contrasting phases of the pandemic
Business aviation activity has flagged in February, tending towards 85% of normal levels
The gap between trends in scheduled and non-scheduled aviation continues to be remarkable, with the biggest divergence in the United States
As expected, in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted general aviation and stifled the industry’s growth
Global business aviation traffic is down by 11% for the first half of February with 14 thousand fewer flights than February last year
Business aviation aircraft have mustered just under 60,000 sectors so far in February 2021 - 11% less activity than in February 2020 - according to WINGX`s weekly Global Market Tracker
Sales have been rather unremarkable over the past year — but that could soon change
Air traffic throughout Europe is expected to be approximately 64% down in January 2021 compared to January 2019 and the situation is quickly deteriorating
January got weaker as the month went on, with the last week seeing demand lurch towards declines from early summer last year
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January has brought increasingly bad news to the aviation industry, and the emphasis on border control is going to stifle even the most resilient business aviation operators
The Q4 Asset Insight AI2 Market Report covers 134 fixed-wing models and 1,912 aircraft listed for sale
Overall, business jet activity has not wilted as much as expected given than holidays should be over, lockdowns have been renewed and employees work from home
A surge in business aviation traffic just after New Year, as travellers came home from Christmas holidays, has bolstered flight activity in the first 2 weeks of 2021
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