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Staff at Rolls-Royce's Business Aircraft Availability Center in Berlin track the maintenance and support needs of around 7,600 engines operated worldwide. (Image: Rolls-Royce)
Staff at Rolls-Royce's Business Aircraft Availability Center in Berlin track the maintenance and support needs of around 7,600 engines operated worldwide. (Image: Rolls-Royce)

The Covid pandemic has severely dented airline flight activity and the associated aftermarket for maintaining aircraft, but the situation in the business aviation sector is far more positive, according to Rolls-Royce. The engine manufacturer reports business aircraft flight hours as being well above pre-pandemic levels, with air charter activity at what Andy Robinson, senior v-p for business aviation services, described as “an all-time high.”