NAFA member JETNET releases the eighth Edition of the JETNET iQ Market Barometer.
Order Books and Utilization Push Higher, but Fuel and Confidence Keep the Recovery Honest
Business jet departures rose 4.2% worldwide over the last twelve months, to just over 4 million. The active fleet is being flown harder than at any point since before the pandemic, the major OEMs are sitting on a combined backlog of $61.6 billion, and the IMF has nudged its 2026 global growth forecast back up. Through September, business aviation is in a solid position.
That said, the energy shock from earlier this year isn’t done. Crude and jet fuel eased across the spring and summer, then turned higher again. Consumer confidence has slipped back toward its lows, and pre-owned transaction growth, which was running above 15% year-over-year last December, has cooled to barely positive. The Middle East is still down on the year, though its monthly declines keep narrowing.
The full JIQ Market Barometer combines JETNET’s serial-number-level asset data with WINGX’s tail-level flight activity and reconciles the two. All four chapters below use a September 2026 trailing-twelve-month basis.
This report was originally published on October 16, 2026 by JETNET in JIQ Market Barometer, October 2026, Edition 8.