Amy Wilder is a private pilot with more than two decades of experience as a writer and editor in a career spanning journalism, marketing, and communications. 
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She holds a Master of Arts in Eastern Classics and a Master of Arts in Liberal Arts, both from St. John&#039;s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, along with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Culture.

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North American jet card rates fell to $10,958 per hour in the third quarter, down 3.1% from the second quarter and 2.7% from a year earlier, according to data from Private Jet Card Comparisons (PJCC). While this marks the lowest average since the end of 2023, &nbsp;it still remains 23.7% above pre-pandemic figures.
Turboprops fell the most, down 19.9% from the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2026-07-09/pjcc-jet-card-rates-softening-during-2026-still-yoy">second quarter</a> and 21.7% year over year (YOY), to $5,022 per hour. PJCC said OneFlight, which listed more than a dozen turboprop rates, weighed most heavily on the average after pausing operations in mid-September. Fractional operator PlaneSense also ended sales of its Pilatus PC-12 card because the program sold out.
Very light jets dropped 4.5% sequentially, to $7,341 per hour, and large-cabin jets slid 2.9%, to $14,791. Ultra-long-range jets, up 1.2%, and midsize jets, up 0.5%, were the only categories to rise quarter over quarter.
Daily minimums rose to 95 minutes from 92.9 minutes, raising the cost of short flights. PJCC president and editor-in-chief Doug Gollan noted that “consumers like jet cards because once they find a good match for their specific needs, most programs lock in pricing and terms for 12 months and sometimes longer.”
PJCC’s analysis covers published rates for entry-level cards of fewer than 50 hours and excludes promotional deals.

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