
For the year, flight activity rose slightly registering a 0.9 percent grain over 2018 while flight hours rose 1.3 percent for the same period, " Jackson said. "For most of 2019, monthly business aircraft flight activity increased incrementally year-over-date compared to 2018. Jackson added that fuel sales were mostly in sync with aviaton business flight activity as reported by ARGUS TRAQPak which tracks hours flown by the business aircraft fleet. “The other segments remained virtually unchanged from the results of our 2018 survey.” “In this division, 24 percent said they saw an increase in fuel sales which is 2 percent more than those reporting in 2018,” Jackson said. "The survey showed a continued incremental increase in fuel sales for the fourth year in row for the majority of responding FBOs with a healthy 19 percent of FBOs surveyed reporting an increase of more than 8 percent.”Īccording to Jackson, the biggest gain was for FBOs reporting an increase in fuel sales from 1 percent to 4 percent over the previous year. "There’s no question that 2019 proved to be a very upbeat and positive year for the FBO industry, “ Enticknap said. 2018, an increase of 2 percent.Īccording to ABSGs Principals John Enticknap and Ron Jackson, the overall survey results showed an optimistic FBO industry environment including a record 73 percent respondents feeling confident in the U.S. and Canada experienced increased fuel sales in 2019 vs. Results of Aviation Business Strategies Group's (ABSG) Annual FBO Fuel Sales Survey indicates that 56% of FBOs in the U.S.
