Argus report shows monthly, yearly gains in business flights

Business aviation flights increased in December and for all of 2015, according to a report from Argus International.

The report said that flight activity in the U.S. and Canada increased 2.6 percent in December 2015 compared with December 2014.

The report also said there were monthly gains in business aviation flights in 11 of 12 months of 2015. For all of 2015, flights were up 2.1 percent compared with 2014.

Argus also forecasts a 2.7 percent increase in flight activity in January, and a 5.4 percent increase in the first quarter of 2016, compared with the same periods a year ago.