The recovery of business aviation operations in North America and the Caribbean has flattened out, remaining down year-over-year by 16.4 percent in November, according to the latest TraqPak report from Argus. The data analyst added that it expects activity to slide a bit further in December. TraqPak monitors flight number-specific arrival and departure information on all IFR flights in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean. 

All operational and aircraft categories experienced year-over-year declines in November with Part 91 large jet operations dropping the most, by 34 percent. Including all aircraft categories, Part 91 flights were down 24.1 percent. Part 135 and fractional operations fared better with decreases of 6.4 percent and 14.5 percent, respectively.

By aircraft category, light jet operations were down the least, by 11 percent year-over-year in November, with fractional light jets down just 1.6 percent. Counting all operational categories, flights of large aircraft were down the most, by 27.7 percent.

However, when compared with October 2020, large jets flown in Part 135 operations showed a modest 1.8 percent uptick. This was the only category to show improvement in the month-over-month comparisons. Fractional turboprop operations slid the most from October, down 22.7 percent.

Looking forward, Argus analysts anticipate operations will be down year-over-year overall by 18.5 percent in December.