In this article we will evaluate the 1^st Quarter of business aviation in Europe in 2017. Generally, it can be concluded that the sector is recovering quickly as the flight numbers and aircraft movements are increasing comparing to the last years’ statistics. Still, Germany and France are leading the business aviation and Paris and Geneva are the most visited cities with jet charters.

1.The Most Visited Airports in Europe

Rank	Airport	Average Daily Movement	Annual Growth
1	Paris – Le Bourget	71	%10
2	Geneva Cointrin	45	%4.6
3	London – Luton	37.6	%5.2
4	Farnborough	30.8	%4.8
5	Nice	30.5	%11.1

 

2.The Busiest Airspaces in Terms of Business Aviation Flights

Rank	Airspace	Average Daily Movement	Annual Growth
1	France	696	%9,4
2	Germany	574	%11.5
3	UK-Ireland	436	%9.9
4	Switzerland	348	%9.2

 

3.The Most Developing Country in Terms of Business Aviation Flights

Rank	Country	Annual Growth
1	Turkey	%30.8
2	Germany	%11.5
3	UK	%9.1

 

As previously stated in our “Business Aviation Trends in 2017” article, Business Aviation is rapidly recovering and the number of flights is dramatically increasing. This trend is seen for the 5^th consecutive month and is expected to last till 2020. As the small jets are getting certified more and more for IFR conditions, we can expect this recovery to pace in the forthcoming years. Another key contribution to this recovery is the rapid decline in the gas prices resulting a huge cost reduction in the operations.  

The North America is maintaining its leader position as the estimate contribution to the economies are relatively 4 billion $ for North America general aviation operations to 150 million Euros for Europe. In 2017, we keep seeing the consolidation of the aircraft types. The long range and small jets are increasing in numbers while the mid-size aircrafts are disappearing each day.