There were 52,419 business aviation departures in
Europe in December 2016, according to WINGX`s latest monthly Business
Aviation Monitor. The figure represents a 0.6% decline in YOY activity.
The annual total of 798,000 business aviation
flights in 2016 was down by 0.3% compared to 2015.
December's decline was a result of weaker
Turboprop and Piston activity, although business jet flights were up -
especially in AOC activity. The last 12-month trends for business jet flights
are now positive, offset by negative trends in Prop aircraft activity.
December activity was held back by much weaker
demand in Germany. Departures were down 9%, equivalent to 760 fewer YOY flights.
Decline in Germany was particularly acute in Piston activity, with business jet
flights falling 3% YOY.
Top market France also saw a slight decline in
activity in December, although business jet departures from France were up 6%,
and AOC activity in France grew 8% overall. UK flight activity grew 1%, Italy &
Spain by 2%, Switzerland by 6% YOY.
Intra-European activity was down 1% overall in
December, with a weaker Western Europe bolstered by stronger Southern Europe.
Arrivals into Europe were well up from Middle East & Africa but down from North
America and Russia this month.
Private flights fell by 4%, ending a mostly
negative year for these missions, in contrast to AOC flights, consistently
expanding in 2016. AOC flights grew YOY between 10% and 15% from Italy,
Switzerland and Spain this month.
Cities with most business aviation flights
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Declines for London and
Madrid, strong growth for Geneva, Nice, also Istanbul.
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Aircraft
AOC flights saw largest growth on
Bombardier jets, with activity up 9% in December. Embraer flight activity was
well up, whilst Cessna was up - but only in AOC activity. Dassault and Hawker
flights were notably diminished this month.
Ultra-long range and Super
midsize jet activity was up in every month of 2016, with SLJ, LJ & VLJ activity
also mostly positive, with around 10% YOY growth in December. Midsize jet
activity continued to erode in December, but Heavy Jet activity bounced back.
Airports
YOY business aviation activity
spiked at Geneva and Nice in December, bouncing back from a very weak comparable
December 2015. Vnukovo was also up >10% and flights from Stansted grew >30% YOY.
Nice had most growth in activity for the full year.
Richard Koe,
Managing Director of WINGX Advance, comments:
“Overall a disappointing finish
to 2016, the full year showing no aggregate improvement on a stagnant 2015.
However, much of this is due to the decline Prop activity, especially in
Germany. The business jet market is meanwhile evidently recovering, especially
in AOC activity. This was again evident in December´s growth in Small Jet
Charters, especially from Switzerland, Italy and Spain.”
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