Aviation industry service provider ARGUS International of Cincinnati has released its December 2010 business aircraft activity figures. ARGUS tracks month-to-month and year-over-year data, and this year the company states that turbine business flying increased across all categories when comparing December 2009 with December 2010 activity levels.
Turboprop flying went up 3.8 percent; small-cabin jet flying 3.5 percent; mid-size cabin jet 6.2 percent, and large-cabin jet 4.4 percent. The biggest winner was in the turboprop fractional group, with a 15.1 percent increase in comparative activity. The biggest comparative drop was in small-cabin jet activity, which fell 7 percent.
A comparison of December 2010 with November 2010 business flying was less encouraging. ARGUS says that traffic historically drops off during the holidays, and that this explains December 2010’s slight decline. Overall, business flying fell by 3.2 percent from November to December 2010. The category most affected was small-cabin fractional flying, with an 11.9 percent decline in activity from November to December. The biggest increase in activity was among small-cabin jets in FAA Part 135 operations—with a reported 4.8 percent hike in activity.
Thomas A. Horne
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