Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

Business aircraft activity last month climbed by 1.8 percent from a year ago, according to TraqPak data released today by aviation services company Argus. This was only the third year-over-year increase seen so far this year, it noted.


Carrying the water again was the Part 135 category, which–as it has for much of this year–was the only operating segment to experience a gain in flying activity last month, rising 14.4 percent year-over-year. This also marks a full year of consecutive monthly increases in this segment. Part 91 activity dropped 2.5 percent and fractional flying–still reeling from Avantair’s demise–fell by 11.8 percent last month, Argus said.


By aircraft category, business jet flying was up across the board, while turboprop activity slid by 4.9 percent. Large-cabin jets led the pack with an 8.5-percent year-over-year gain last month, followed by increases in light and midsize jet flying at 3.8 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively.


Looking at individual markets, the fractional turboprop segment suffered a 60.9-percent decrease in flying due to Avantair’s shutdown and involuntary bankruptcy. There were double-digit gains in all of the Part 135 individual market segments, ranging from a 10.8-percent rise in large-cabin jets to a 17.9-percent climb in midsize jets, but fractional large-cabin jet activity surged the most, logging a 19.4-percent increase.


Argus TraqPak data provides “serial-number-specific aircraft arrival and departure information on all IFR flights in the U.S. and Canada.”

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