Fractional flying dropped 10.6 percent in April

[gret]

From today's AIN Alert

U.S. Bizav Traffic Down Slightly in April

Business aircraft activity in the U.S. fell for the third consecutive month, with flying hours down slightly?by 0.4 percent?year-over-year last month, according to TraqPak data released on Friday by aviation services company Argus. As has been the trend for much of this year, Part 135 was the only operational category to experience a gain in flying activity, increasing 10.5 percent from a year ago and marking its seventh consecutive monthly increase. Part 91 activity was down 3.2 percent year-over-year, while fractional flying dropped by 10.6 percent, the Argus data shows. By aircraft category, the turboprop segment experienced the only decline last month, decreasing by 5.7 percent from a year ago. Large-cabin jet flying led the pack with a 4.9-percent year-over-year gain, with midsize and light jets recording increases of 2.5 percent and 1 percent, respectively. There were several bright spots in individual market segments, including double-digit gains in Part 135 jet flying, with light and midsize charter jet flying up by 12.1 percent and 20.4 percent from last year. Large-cabin charter jet flying also climbed by a healthy 9.3 percent. Fractional turboprop flying saw the largest drop, falling 22.6 percent year-over-year. Argus TraqPak data provides ?serial-number-specific aircraft arrival and departure information on all IFR flights in the U.S.?

How does this square with all the comments that everyone is flying the wings off the aircraft? Granted Avantair may be down, but they wouldn't impact the overall numbers that much.

Charter looks very good!

Wonder why things are what they are?

 

[gunfyter]

Doesn't jibe at all ....

But we fly 135 a lot more than we use to. So perhaps they count that as charter

 

[CaveoFalco]

Aren't Citation Air and FLOPS out of the Fractional Business?

 

[BoeingBaller]

From today's AIN Alert

U.S. Bizav Traffic Down Slightly in April

Business aircraft activity in the U.S. fell for the third consecutive month, with flying hours down slightly?by 0.4 percent?year-over-year last month, according to TraqPak data released on Friday by aviation services company Argus. As has been the trend for much of this year, Part 135 was the only operational category to experience a gain in flying activity, increasing 10.5 percent from a year ago and marking its seventh consecutive monthly increase. Part 91 activity was down 3.2 percent year-over-year, while fractional flying dropped by 10.6 percent, the Argus data shows. By aircraft category, the turboprop segment experienced the only decline last month, decreasing by 5.7 percent from a year ago. Large-cabin jet flying led the pack with a 4.9-percent year-over-year gain, with midsize and light jets recording increases of 2.5 percent and 1 percent, respectively. There were several bright spots in individual market segments, including double-digit gains in Part 135 jet flying, with light and midsize charter jet flying up by 12.1 percent and 20.4 percent from last year. Large-cabin charter jet flying also climbed by a healthy 9.3 percent. Fractional turboprop flying saw the largest drop, falling 22.6 percent year-over-year. Argus TraqPak data provides ?serial-number-specific aircraft arrival and departure information on all IFR flights in the U.S.?

How does this square with all the comments that everyone is flying the wings off the aircraft? Granted Avantair may be down, but they wouldn't impact the overall numbers that much.

Charter looks very good!

Wonder why things are what they are?

Look who's in office...

 

[realityman]

Aren't Citation Air and FLOPS out of the Fractional Business?

FLOPS is still going pretty strong.

But yes, CA is about done.

And Gun has it right also, we're doing a ton of 135 flying at NJA. They may be counting that in the survey as part of the charter flying.

 

[pilotyip]

From today's AIN Alert

U.S. Bizav Traffic Down Slightly in April

while fractional flying dropped by 10.6 percent, the Argus data shows.
Wonder why things are what they are?

Could it be customers are affair of a possible strike by the pilots in the fractional business and are taking their business elsewhere?

 

[realityman]

Could it be customers are affair of a possible strike by the pilots in the fractional business and are taking their business elsewhere?

No.

They would have to be taking their business elsewhere before we ever even talked about going into negotiations.

Seriously, that's the best you have?

 

[gret]

My guess is that people find it cheaper to charter...

...but that is not what would concern me....it is the fact that flying is still down substantially from 2007. The NetJet CEO said the industry was still down 20% from its peak. 5-6 years is a long time for a recovery.

 

[doh]

Could it be customers are affair of a possible strike by the pilots in the fractional business and are taking their business elsewhere?

We aren't union, so what the heck are you talking about? 135 is way up because people don't want to own the asset. I'm not smart enough to know why, but they are flying more and doing it 135, so they must not want to own.

 

[imacdog]

No.

They would have to be taking their business elsewhere before we ever even talked about going into negotiations.

Seriously, that's the best you have?

Yes it is. Pretty sad, isn't it?