The cost to fly by private jet is a deal, at least relative to overall inflation, according to the most recent quarterly analysis of jet card hourly rates by Private Jet Card Comparisons.

The buyer's guide to jet cards, membership and fractional ownership private jet programmes tracks over 80 flight providers and more than 1,000 programme options. It updated its database over 180 times in 2025. Private Jet Card Comparisons compares the various flight providers and programme options by more than 65 variables, including hourly rates.

Overall, jet card rates at the end of 2025 were up 1.7 per cent from Q4 2024 and up 26.9 per cent from Q4 2019, the former below current US inflation of around 2.7-2.9 per cent, and the latter roughly equivalent to inflation over the past six years.

“During 2025, our quarterly tracking reports showed rates have stabilised and flying terms, particularly peak days, have become more flexible,” says Doug Gollan, editor-in-chief of Private Jet Card Comparisons.

At the end of Q4 2025, the average hourly rate was $11,578 across seven tracked aircraft categories, which comprise turboprops, very light jets, light jets, midsize jets, super midsize jets, large cabin jets and ultra-long-haul jets.

While turboprops such as the King Air 350 and Pilatus PC-12 averaged $6,625 per hour, ultra-long-haul private jets, such as the Gulfstream G650 and Bombardier Global 7500, averaged $19,208 per hour. The pricing includes 7.5 per cent federal excise tax and fuel surcharge.

The analysis compares one-way pricing from jet card providers that offer guaranteed availability and guaranteed hourly pricing. The rates are on an occupied-hour basis, which means users don't have to pay for aircraft repositioning before or after the flight.

There were also significant differences across aircraft categories, with a 25-point gap in percentage increase since 2019. While turboprop hourly rates are up 39.1 per cent, ultra-long-haul jet increases came in at 14.1 per cent cumulatively over the past six years.

The most significant year-over-year change was a drop in peak days. From Q4 2024, when programmes averaged 44.6 high-demand days, 2025 closed out with programmes selling on average 35.6 peak days. Peak days typically require long lead times to guarantee pricing, allow flight providers to move departure times within a window of normally six hours and often include surcharges. During the surge in demand for private jets in 2022, the average number of peak days across the analysed programmes reached 55.7.