Argus: Business Aircraft Flying Slumps in November

After posting a gain in October, business aircraft flying hit a patch of turbulence last month, falling 2.3 percent year-over-year, according to TraqPak data released yesterday by aviation services company Argus. These results were partially weighed downed by the temporary shutdown of Avantair’s flight operations from late October to mid-November, Argus noted.

But it wasn’t all bad news–Part 135 activity, which took a big hit over the past two years, logged a consecutive increase last month, rising 5.6 percent versus a year ago. (In October, this operational category climbed 9.7-percent year-over-year.) Part 91 flying last month slipped by 3.6 percent from November 2011, while activity at the fractional providers fell 12.2 percent.