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US government shutdown spurs bizjet demand

In Week 45 (3-9 Nov) 2025, global bizjet activity notched up 80,000 departures, 11% more flights than in Week 45 of 2024.

On a rolling last four-week basis (W42 – W45), global business jets have logged more than 315,000 departures, a 7% increase compared to the same period last year. This four-week trend of 7% is outperforming the global year-to-date (1 Jan – 9 Nov) trend of 5%.

There has all the same been a slight decrease in the pace of growth over the last few weeks.

Global business jet departures by week in last 12 months.

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Regional Performance Analysis

North America: California and Florida lead with 16%+ growth
The North American market performed in line with the global growth trend at 11% more activity in W45 year-on-year. The region’s growth driver, the US market, matched this weekly trend of +11%.

Key states California and Florida saw notable double-digit gains, at 17% and 16% respectively, while Texas realized solid 9% growth. North America’s rolling four-week trend now sits at 6% ahead of the comparable period in 2024. Among the key states, Texas leads the four-week trend at 7%, while California and Florida are both at 6%.

Europe: Flights from Italy surge 16% as Switzerland contracts
The European market underperformed the global trend, with growth at only 4% in Week 45 2025 vs 45-2024. On a country level, Italy had standout growth, flights up 16% YOY, while Germany, the UK, and France had more mediocre growth at, 5%, 4%, and 2%
respectively.

In contrast, the Swiss bizjet demand saw significant declines, dropping 10% compared to Week 45 last year. Flights out of airports in Milan and Rome marked Italy’s impressive growth last week, accounting for half of the country’s activity, activity up 30% year-over-year.

Rest of the World: Middle East and Africa both post 24% gains
The emerging markets in the Rest of World region continue to showcase remarkable growth. Week 45 saw 19% growth from ROW regions, on a combined basis. On a subregion basis, the Middle East and Africa both led growth at 24%, while bizjet traffic out of airports in Asia saw 18% more departures than last year, and from South America, bizjet demand was up 15%. On a rolling four-week basis South America leads ROW market growth at 27%, followed by Africa (26%), the Middle East (10%), and Asia (6%).

Current Events Analysis

Business jets bypass FAA restrictions through reliever airports On Monday, 10 November, the FAA enacted restrictions strictly limiting private jet operations at twelve airports primarily serving commercial airlines. Original restrictions were implemented from the start of this month in response to the United States government shutdown since 1 October, which caused air traffic control staffing shortages throughout the aviation system.

Between 1-9 November there was no apparent impact on business jet activity from these airports. In fact, this period coincided with 8% growth in bizjet departures from the 12 airports most affected by the restrictions. The incremental increase in restrictions has appeared to impact bizjet operations in the most recent period. For example, on 10th November, business jet traffic out of the 12 airports fell 29% and airline departures fell by 10%.

Business and Commercial activity from 12 restricted airports.

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Whilst business aviation activity has been impacted in the last 48 hours at the 12 airports, further analysis shows that metro-area business jet activity continues to increase. In other words, it appears that restrictions at the primary metro airport has simply diverted demand to secondary airports.

In fact, on 10 November, for the metro areas serving those 12 airports, bizjet activity rose 10%. Indeed, the inconvenience of unreliable airline schedules has almost certainly boosted demand for the more expensive but also more reliable business jet alternatives from smaller unaffected airports.

Chicago business jet activity diversion to secondary airports.

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BlueSky Business Aviation News | 13th November 2025 | Issue #819