October 2025 Business Jet Utilization Levels Up for Top Operators – Aviation Week Network
Aggregated hourly flight hours for leading global biz av carriers show that NetJets, FlexJet, VistaJet, Wheels Up & flyexclusive saw superior 3Q2025 utilization rates vs. the same period for 2024.
(Planet Earth) Aviation Week Network’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization shows that aggregated hourly flight figures for the world’s leading business aviation carriers – including NetJets, FlexJet, VistaJet, Wheels Up (NYSE: UP) and flyexclusive (NYSEAMERICAN: FLYX) – were superior in 3Q2025 vs. the same period in 2024; totals for all five operators were also well above 3Q2019 levels, according to Aviation Week Network.
Image of a FlexJet Gulfstream G650 aircraft in flight courtesy of FlexJet.
FlexJet’s fleet, which as of 2025 includes 331 aircraft, saw the largest gain of the five operators – a 20% increase in utilization – in a comparison of 3Q2025 and 3Q2024 levels, according to Aviation Week.
The five operators’ fleet utilization rates have seen increases of between 22% and 136% between 3Q2025 and 3Q2019 (the last pre-Covid pandemic third quarter), per stats from Aviation Week.
Statistics from Source: Aviation Week Intelligence Network Tracked Aircraft Utilization courtesy of Aviation Week Network.
