Eurozone Crisis, Ukraine Weigh on European Bizav Flying
European business aircraft activity dropped last month by 5.8 percent from a year ago to 49,929 flights, according to WingX Advance.
Though business aircraft flying dropped 5.8 percent year-over-year in January, activity at London-area airports, including London City, actually saw increases during the month. (Photo: NetJets Europe)
Though business aircraft flying dropped 5.8 percent year-over-year in January, activity at London-area airports, including London City, actually saw increases during the month. (Photo: NetJets Europe)

Business aircraft flying in Europe started the new year off on the wrong foot, with activity dropping last month by 5.8 percent from a year ago, to 49,929 flights, according to data released yesterday by WingX Advance. “This fall takes last year’s tepid recovery in Europe well off course,” the Hamburg, Germany-based aviation data firm said. Last month’s flight activity, which is on par with that of January 2009, slumped due to the “political crisis in the Eurozone and conflict escalation in Ukraine,” WingX noted.