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

The “persistent and recently escalating” Ukraine crisis continued to hamper business aviation flight activity in Europe last month, according to data released today by WingX Advance, a business aviation research and consulting firm based in Hamburg, Germany. There were 61,831 business aircraft departures in Europe last month, down 3 percent (1,974 flights) from a year ago–the largest drop so far in 2014, the company said. Year-to-date, the market is 1 percent below last year’s trend and is 21 percent off the pre-2009 peak in European flight activity.


While flights within the EU were stable and several states saw positive year-over-year activity in August–with flying up in Italy, Spain, Austria, the UK and (by 98 percent) Malta–the market has been offset by “geopolitical crisis.” This includes a 56-percent decline year-over-year in business flights in Ukraine, -18 percent in Russia and -9 percent in Germany.


By aircraft type, business jet activity in the region dropped by 3 percent from a year ago, offsetting “small gains” in turboprop activity and a jump of more than 25 percent in piston activity. Meanwhile, European outbound flights to the CIS fell 25 percent last month and inbound activity from the CIS to Europe dipped 16 percent. Other regions have seen more connections to Europe–notably, flights from the U.S. to Europe are up 8 percent year-to-date.

European Bizav Flying Still Affected by Ukraine Crisis

There were 61,831 business aircraft departures in Europe last month, down 3 percent from a year ago.

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