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For the major business aviation market of North America, 2023 experienced a decline in flight activity compared with the previous year as the industry continues to stabilize from the Covid-era boom. According to Aviation Business Strategies Group’s (ABSG) annual fuel sale survey, 41 percent of the FBO respondents noted they experienced lower fuel sales last year compared with 2022. 

“After FBO fuel sales recovered in 2021 to pre-pandemic levels, we have seen a gradual softening across the market spectrum over the past two years,” said ABSG co-principal and FBO industry veteran John Enticknap. “This downward trend seems to indicate that the general aviation market is testing a lower annual fuel volume as jet-A prices remain mostly elevated.”