Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

Business aviation flight activity continues to mount a substantial post-Covid-19 recovery, with U.S. traffic on Saturday actually increasing 2.5 percent from a year ago when adjusted for day of the week, according to data from FlightAware. “On Saturday, June 20, business aviation traffic surpassed 2019 numbers for the first time since the initial decline,” said FlightAware CEO Daniel Baker. “Weekday recovery still has ground to make up, but continues to trend upward.”

 


The company’s data shows that month-to-date worldwide business aviation activity is down 22.7 percent from a year ago, averaging 9,927 flights per day versus 12,845 a day in 2019. In the U.S. alone, flying fell 19.8 percent month-to-date, averaging 8,152 flights per day, down from 10,165 daily a year ago.

 


From June 14 to 21, the FlightAware data indicates that U.S. business aviation flying continued to gain more steam, decreasing only 17.3 percent—or 82.7 percent of prior-year levels—from the same day-of-week adjusted period a year ago. This was in comparison to airline traffic, which was down nearly 69 percent year-over-year last week.

FlightAware: U.S. Bizav Flying Sees YOY Rise on June 20

Business aviation fliying continues to mount a substantial post-Covid-19 recovery, with U.S. traffic on June 20 actually increasing 2.5% from a year ago.

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