Private Jet Flight Numbers Robust in 2025
The data from WINGX, for the first half of 2025, shows business jet flight activity in North America is up 3.5% compared to 2024. Fractional ownership activity is driving this increase, with the Part 91k sector up 10.3% for this period, while Part 91 is essentially flat.
Looking at the top 10 operators, the two largest fractional jet operators NetJets and Flexjet are the biggest overall, as they have been for many years.
North America Overall
The total number of North American business jet departures was 1,312,317 in the first 6 months of 2025. This was up 3.5% compared to the same period in 2024 and up 27.4% compared to the same period in 2019 (Pre-pandemic), according to WINGX.
North America Flights by Aircraft Certification
Examining the categorization of these flights reveals that Part 91, non-commercial owner flights, are the largest component, with 594,587 departures. This is the same level as in the first half of 2024 and up 12% from 2019. In comparison, Part 135 charter flights at 417,314 departures are up 4.2% so far in 2025 and up 27.4% compared to 2019. The big gains are in Part 91k fractional ownership, with 300,416 departures in 2025, a gain of 10.3% compared to 2024 and up a huge 75.5% from 2019 levels.
In comparison, WINGX notes "Business jet activity in Europe at the midpoint this year remains on par with last year, the active fleet increasing by 2%. Busiest market France and second ranked United Kingdom recorded 1% growth compared to last year, Italy recording 4% growth." And in Europe "Fractional operators remain resilient, departures 6% ahead of last year."
On a worldwide basis "bizjet activity was 3% ahead of last year, surpassing 1.8 million departures. Across the same period, the global turboprop fleet has flown just over 1 million departures, 2% ahead of H1 last year."
Top 10 Operators in North America
The table below shows the largest private jet operators in North America in the first half of 2025, as measured by their number of departures. It also shows the increase or decrease in departure numbers compared to the first half of 2024 and to 2019.
| Operator | Departures | vs 1 Year Ago | vs 6 Years Ago |
| 1. NetJets | 196,053 | 10.4% | 61.8% |
| 2. Flexjet | 78,322 | 17.5% | 178.2% |
| 3. flyExclusive | 20,468 | 9.0% | 213.4% |
| 4. Wheels Up | 20,155 | 81.1% | 61.2% |
| 5. Executive Jet Management | 18,497 | -7.6% | 16.0% |
| 6. Vista America | 16,525 | 20.2% | |
| 7. Solairus Aviation | 13,792 | 3.7% | 105.5% |
| 8. Contour Aviation | 13,648 | 15.8% | 166.8% |
| 9. Jet Linx | 11,090 | -1.9% | 5.2% |
| 10. Airsprint | 10,684 | 12.3% | 202.7% |
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