Who didn't suffer during the shutdown? People Flying Private

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{{ At the same time, the private aviation industry had its best month in nearly 20 years, according to industry numbers.

The U.S. market saw about 245,000 private jet departures in October, an increase of more than 5 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the business aviation tracker WingX. The highest demand came from the states of Florida, Texas and California, which together accounted for more than 30 percent of the total private jet activity last month, said Nick Koscinski, a WingX analyst. }}

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Didnt know people flew X wings

Most private jets can use shorter runways and don’t need to land at the 12 largest airports.

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There’s another important reason they tend to not use the larger airports. The larger airports are MUCH more expensive to use than the smaller ones. For example, in the NYC area, many private jets will fly out of Teterboro instead of Newark, JFK, or La Guardia.