⚠️ General Aviation Light Aircraft Mixed into Statistics, Business Jet Fleet Size Overestimated by 2.4%
Only after excluding three types of general aviation models does the business jet metric return to its true level. Avi-Go data shows that during the nearly 30-day period from July 1 to 30, 2026, the three models Cessna 172, Cessna 177, and Beech 36 recorded a combined 12,459 movements. Within the database, these were uniformly classified under the Turbo prop category, accounting for approximately 2.39% of the global business jet total of 520,625 movements over the same period. All three of these models belong to general aviation and private light aircraft categories, and their flight volume is very likely mixed with general aviation training. Counting them artificially inflates business aviation activity levels, so the 2.39% should only be regarded as a reference proportion rather than internal fleet composition.
Impact: If the metric is not corrected, both the total business jet market size and growth rate assessments will be systematically overestimated, directly affecting the evaluation baseline for operators and Brokers regarding activity levels, and potentially misleading horizontal comparisons of fleet size.
Recommendation: Before compiling the monthly activity report in August, separately exclude or annotate the three models Cessna 172/177 and Beech 36 from the business jet metric. All subsequent calculations involving total market size, growth rate, and share should be based on the metric after exclusion, to avoid the reference proportion being misinterpreted as internal composition.