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Business Jet Market Drivers
Business Jet Utilization

Historically, business jet utilization is an Both in the U.S. and in Europe, although
indication of the overall health of the industry. utilization levels are not yet back to pre-
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and recession levels, business jet movements
Eurocontrol record the number of take-offs continued to improve during 2011, relative
and landings at American and European to the same period in 2010. In Q1-2011,
airports respectively. business jet utilization was up 5% year-
over-year in the U.S. and 3% in Europe.

US Business Jet Utilization European Business Jet Utilization
All business jets, Thousand departures and landings, 2009-2011 All business jets, Thousand departures and landings, 2009-2011

16% 15%
10% 8%
0% 5% 9% 6% 7% 5%
-12% 0% 3%
-13%
-24%
-30% 960 1,001 1,018 1,019 1,006 -22% -20%
874 927 945
826 124 133
113 120 108
103 97 100
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Q1 09 Q2 09 Q3 09 Q4 09 Q1 10 Q2 10 Q3 10 Q4 10 Q1 11 Q1 09 Q2 09 Q3 09 Q4 09 Q1 10 Q2 10 Q3 10 Q4 10 Q1 11
Departures and Landings ('000) Departures and Landings Growth YoY (%) Departures and Landings ('000) Departures and Landings Growth YoY (%)

Source: FAA. Source: Eurocontrol.