BJT Survey: Private Flying Set for Post-pandemic Climb
58 percent of BJT reader survey respondents said the pandemic has curtailed their private flying, but 79 percent said they expect to fly more post-Covid.
The Embraer Phenom 300E is once again the most preferred light jet in the Business Jet Traveler reader's survey. (Photo: Embraer)
The Embraer Phenom 300E is once again the most preferred light jet in the Business Jet Traveler reader's survey. (Photo: Embraer)

Fifty-eight percent of the respondents to the latest annual reader’s survey by AIN sister publication Business Jet Traveler said the Covid-19 pandemic has reduced their private flying, while 17 percent said they increased their private flying in response to the health crisis. Eighteen percent reported no year-over-year change in their flying habits and 3 percent said they flew privately for the first time due to health concerns during the pandemic. Looking to a post-pandemic world in 2021, 38 percent expect their private flying to resume at 2019 levels and 41 percent said they will fly even more.