NAFA member JETNET releases the seventh Edition of the JETNET iQ Market Barometer.
Middle East Clawing Back While Global Activity, Utilization and Order Books Push Higher Through August
Business jet departures rose 4.5% worldwide over the last twelve months. The active fleet is being flown harder than at any point since before the pandemic, and the major OEMs are sitting on a combined backlog of $61.6 billion. Through August, business aviation looks to be in good shape.
That said, the energy shock from earlier this year hasn’t finished working its way through. Pre-owned transaction growth was running above 15% year-over-year in December and has since slowed to the low single digits. The Middle East, a small but fast-growing market until February, is still down on the year, although its monthly declines have narrowed a lot. Asking prices are coming down, and large-cabin values are back to roughly where they were in 2019.
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 an August 2026 trailing-twelve-month basis.
This report was originally published on October 5, 2026 by JETNET in JIQ Market Barometer, September 2026, Edition 7.