Aircraft
Maintenance Provider Reports Increased Bizav Flying Activity
Business aircraft traffic was higher in the first quarter of 2017 than in the last quarter of 2016.
Maintenance program provider Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) tracks business flying activity as part of its data-collection process, and reported an increase in business aviation flight activity for the first quarter of 2017 in the latest edition of its Business Aviation Index, published on May 3. Overall flight hours worldwide for the first three months of 2017 increased by 1.6 percent compared with the final quarter of 2016, and by 4.4 percent compared with the first quarter of last year.

Breaking down JSSI’s data by region, the Middle East saw the largest increase over the fourth quarter of 2016 (13 percent), followed by 5.7 percent in the Asia Pacific region. By contrast, Central America saw a 6.6 percent decrease. The index also showed that companies involved in business services were responsible for the highest increase in aircraft use at 8.2 percent, followed by healthcare at 7.5 percent and consumer goods industries at 5.3 percent.