Global Business Aircraft Flying Edged Up Last Year
Charters, real estate flights lead gains, with growth coming in Europe, the Middle East and North America.

Global business-aircraft flight hours climbed by 1.2 percent last year, with on-demand charter helping drive the gains, according to the latest Jet Support Services (JSSI) Business Aviation Index. JSSI, which tracks business aircraft flight hours by region, industry and cabin type, found flight hours grew at a slower pace by industry than the last few years, but real estate flying still improved 4.1 percent and the aviation-industry sector was up 4.4 percent. Other sectors, however, were down, including manufacturing (-13.7 percent) and construction (-6.9 percent).


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