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 aviation departures in Europe logged a modest 1 percent year-over-year increase last month, with the 3 percent uptick in business jet activity offset by a slump in piston traffic, according to data released late last week by WingX Advance. The region’s year-to-date growth trend of 2.3 percent is trailing last year´s rate of more than 3 percent, however.

 


WingX called the largest business aviation markets “mixed,” with France down by 2 percent, the UK and Switzerland flat, and departures from Italy falling by 4 percent, while activity in Spain rose 7 percent year-to-date and Germany is up by 4 percent. Among smaller markets, activity fell 5 percent in Austria, 3 percent in Russia, and 15 percent in Turkey, but Greece had another month of “robust growth,” climbing 15 percent last month and 20 percent year-to-date.

 


While activity within Europe rose 2 percent, departures outside of the region were down by 4 percent to the U.S. and by more than 20 percent to the Middle East, though flights from Europe to Asia increased by 9 percent.

 


Paris airports had less than half the activity of London last month, but much stronger growth, mainly from Le Bourget and Toussus Le Noble, which were up by 13 percent.

WingX: European Bizav Flights Continue To Climb

But the region’s year-to-date growth trend of 2.3 percent is trailing last year´s rate of more than 3 percent, however.

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