The business jet market was on solid footing in Q3 2025. Against a backdrop of a positive macroeconomic environment, market fundamentals remained strong including rising business jet usage and transaction activity along with steady aircraft availability and values. These trends underscored the market’s stability and set the stage for continued momentum throughout the remainder of the year.
- Following uncertainty earlier this year, the global economy continued to grow in Q3 2025 and many economists increased their expectations for future growth.
- Growth in business jet departures accelerated in Q3 2025, rising 5.1 percent year-over-year.
- OEM backlog rose 12.1 percent year-over-year in Q3 2025 as industry-wide orders increased.
- Transaction activity rebounded strongly in Q3 2025, recovering from a slight slowdown in Q2 2025 and increasing 16.3 percent from the same period in 2024.
- Aircraft availability remained steady in Q3 2025, declining from 7.8 percent of the fleet in Q3 2024 to 7.6 percent.
- In Q3 2025, values for older aircraft declined 3.7 percent as they continued to normalize following gains made between 2021 and 2023 while newer aircraft values remained stable, increasing 0.2 percent.
