Charter & Fractional
Euro Charter Firms Ready for Peak Summer Demand
Last year’s record activity tripped up Europe’s Part 135 providers. They vow no repeat performance this summer.
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Last summer, with the shackles of Covid removed, business jet demand in Europe hit record levels. Flight activity rose 13 percent above 2021 numbers during the season last year and was 23 percent above 2019’s summer peak, the previous high, according to Hamburg, Germany-based flight-data specialist WingX. In the charter market, that demand created shortages of aircraft, as well as of landing slots and parking spaces at popular destinations.

The good news for this summer: Part 135 operators, brokers, and support professionals report that the charter community is better prepared for the seasonal onslaught, which they anticipate could outpace the demand last summer.