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WINGX Global Market Tracker:

 

Monaco delivers as global bizjets waver

 

Global bizjet activity contracted 2.6% year-on-year in Week 23 (1-7 June), with the year-to-date figure through 7 June at +3.6% ahead of last year, a 0.3 percentage point decrease compared to the +3.9% YTD trend reported last week (through 31 May), with the YTD figure now trending slightly lower than it has in recent weeks.

While accounting for only 1% of all bizjet sectors flown last week, Africa saw the strongest YOY growth, with sectors up by 5.2% vs Week 23 2025.

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Global Bizjet Departures Trends YTD (1 January-7 June).

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Event Analysis: As expected, the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix delivers strong bizjet surge

*This week’s event analysis looks back at the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix and the attendant surge in business jet traffic to nearby airports.

Traffic Surge: Over the recent 5 - 7 June Monaco Grand Prix weekend, WINGX data shows business jet activity at Nice Côte d’Azur (LFMN), the primary airport for Monaco business jet traffic, running well above normal levels across the race weekend and peaking at roughly twice the daily typical level. Combined arrivals and departures averaged about 245 movements per day from Thursday to Monday, up around 60% on a normal 150-a-day week, building to a peak of 310 on Thursday as guests flew in, before the Monday exodus of 294 movements.

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Daily business jet movements (arrivals and departures) at Nice (LFMN) at the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix.

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Ramp capacity: Parking data at LFMN again reveals the ramp as a binding constraint. As seen in the above movement data, the number of jets seeking parking jumped during the event, but not all arrivals were able to park, which can be proven after looking at dwell time. Average dwell time collapsed from roughly 24 hours on a normal day to just 6 hours during the Saturday – Sunday period, when jets drop off their passengers and reposition to nearby overflow airports, such as Cannes-Mandelieu.

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Daily business jet parking events and average dwell time (hours) at Nice (LFMN) at the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix.

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Regional Performance Analysis

North America

The North American market declined 2.1% in Week 23 and is now up 4.7% for the year through 7 June. The key US market performed slightly better last week, although still down 1.7% vs Week 23 2025. On a key state level compared to Week 23 2025, Texas expanded 3.4%, Florida grew just 1.0%, while California declined 5.4%.

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US business jet flights by top city pairs YTD (1 January-7 June).

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Europe

European business jet activity expanded at the sluggish rate of 1.1% in Week 23, while the region saw a mixed bag of growth trends across top countries. France was the standout market last week, seeing the strongest growth at +18.2%, trailed behind by the UK with 2.3% Week 23 YOY growth. Amongst other key countries, Italy was relatively flat, -0.3%, Switzerland declined 4.4%, while Germany realized a notable contraction of 21.8%.

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Europe business jet flights by top city pairs YTD (1 January-7 June).

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Rest of World

Business jet activity in regions outside Europe and North America saw another week of various trends amid the Middle East conflict. Africa was the lone ROW region to realize Week 23 YOY gains, up 5.2%, followed by South America, which slightly declined 0.6%, with Asia contracting 2.4%, while the Middle East market continues to reel, -27.8%.

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ROW business jet flights by top city pairs YTD (1 January-7 June).

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Middle East Weekly Evolution Tracker

WINGX estimated fuel uplift data continues to provide the clearest lens through which to measure the cumulative and weekly toll of the conflict on Middle East business aviation. The WINGX pre-conflict baseline is Weeks 7 – 10 (9 February-8 March).

While the conflict outbreak occurred on 28 February in Week 9, the material impact on jet fuel pricing did not begin to be felt until the week of 9 March (Week 11), meaning Weeks 7 – 10 captures operating conditions before the fuel cost shock began cascading through the market. Across those four weeks, Middle East bizjet activity averaged 1.5M USG of estimated fuel uplift per week, establishing the baseline against which subsequent weeks in the table below are measured.

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Weekly Middle East bizjet fuel uplift trends pre vs post conflict.

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Nick Koscinski, WINGX Analyst, comments: "Last week marked the first week of declines we’ve seen since April, and the sixth week of year-on-year decline this year.

"However, the year-to-date trend remains strong, and underlying demand remains intact, so we have no reason to believe that one week of decline in bizjet traffic will mark the start of any broader downturn."

In collaboration with JETNET, WINGX Managing Director Richard Koe and WINGX Analyst Nick Koscinski have developed the new recurring JETNET iQ Market Monitor report. The report sets out to provide market analysis across all JETNET Group coverage of business jet inventory, market, and flight activity. Please reach out to nick@wingxadvance.com for your copy of the report.

*For this week’s event analysis, WINGX has provided a view of historic bizjet traffic at
Monaco GP airports using our proprietary AI prompts.

 

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BlueSky Business Aviation News | 11th June 2026 | Issue #846