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Flight counts across the North American business aviation market remain consistent through the last full week of August.
WINGX’s weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) published the Second Quarter 2022 General Aviation Aircraft Shipment and Billing Report.
Business Aviation flight activity in the European market has plateaued as we finish off the first half of August.
EUROPEAN ROTORS provides helicopter industry training and recruitment opportunities
WINGX’s weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the world's first ACH160 to a customer in Brazil on the eve of the 17th edition of the Annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE) at Congonhas airport, São Paulo. The rotorcraft will notably be the first H160 to fly in Latin America.
Analysis of industry data by Airbus Corporate Jets, which offers a range of ultra-long-range business aircraft including the recently launched ACJ TwoTwenty, shows that nearly half (32 out of 70) of the world’s wealthiest female billionaires are based in the U.S., with a total net worth of more than $514 billion.
WINGX’s weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Pure Technics opened a full-service support center in Kazakhstan for airplanes made by Swiss manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft and Italy's Leonardo Helicopters
WINGX’s weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
The Kodiak 900 made its world debut at AirVenture Oshkosh with Daher’s introduction of this larger, faster version of the robust and rugged Kodiak 100 – filling out the company’s airplane product line in joining the TBM 910 and TBM 960 very fast turboprop aircraft.
WINGX’s weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
Finishing up the 2nd full week of July, North American business aviation traffic displayed a nearly identical pattern to this time last year with an overall flight count down 6.3% year over year. The continuous post-pandemic surge in flight activity month over month has started to slow down, while overall annual flight counts are still at healthy levels historically.
After incurring heated sales volume for two years, the global preowned business aircraft market is beginning to show signs of stabilizing. According to the second quarter 2022 market report from the International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA), 598 aircraft sales transaction were recorded by the group during the first half compared to 529 during the same period the prior year, a 13 percent increase.
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced the all-new ultralong-range Gulfstream G800 made its first international flight just weeks after the aircraft’s first flight. The G800 flew from Savannah to Gulfstream Customer Support’s Farnborough, England, facility in support of Gulfstream’s participation in the Farnborough International Airshow.
WINGX’s weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
As expected, the 4th of July holiday weekend heavily influenced overall flight counts for North American business aviation the first week of July 2022. Daily charter flights peaked on Thursday, June 30th at 4490 flights. Cargo flights began to taper off after Tuesday, June 28th, several days before the start of the holiday weekend. Part 91 flights peaked on Thursday, June 30th and remained below average for a full week following the holiday weekend.
The italian operator Air Corporate has Many years of experience in serving a demanding clientele with its state-of-the-art helicopter fleet. The company’s passengers can now enjoy travelling further and faster – aboard a brand-new PC-24 Super Versatile Jet.
For the first 6 months of 2022 there were 2.7 million business aviation flights, according to WINGX weekly Global Market Tracker published today.