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2015 FBO Survey: International

In many regions traffic remains stalled, but glimmers of hope emerge.

TAG Aviation at the UK’s Farnborough Airport once again earned top honors in the annual AIN International FBO Survey.

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

April 30, 2015

2015 AIN FBO Survey: Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa

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While business aviation traffic in North America has picked up over the past year, the story for the rest of the world isn’t as clear, with activity in many regions remaining mired. “We’ve become a delinked market,” noted Richard Aboulafia, vice president for analysis at Teal Group. “The U.S. is doing acceptably well, and elsewhere [activity is] disappointing.” Over the past year, usage of U.S.-registered business jets helped to bolster the international market, according to FAA statistics. While the U.S. business jet fleet saw approximately the same number of operations last year (4,285,910) as in 2003 (4,235,910) the percentage of international operations over that span went up by 37 percent, to a record 708,872 last year.

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