Cessna 340 Flights Rise 15.3% in 30-Day Period; U.S. Accounts for 87.6% of Growth
Why It MattersThe uneven country-level growth pattern, with Switzerland surging 250% off a small base while Canada and Australia declined, signals shifting regional demand for piston-twin business aircraft rather than broad-based fleet expansion.
Cessna 340 flight activity totalled 1,152 movements between 15 August and 13 September 2026, up 153 flights, or 15.3%, from 999 flights in the preceding 30-day period of 16 July to 14 August 2026, with each figure counting one complete flight as a single movement rather than separate departures and arrivals.
The United States remained the dominant departure country, contributing 134 of the 153 additional flights — 87.6% of the total increase — and accounting for 85.24% of all departures in the current period with 982 flights, up from 848 (+15.8%). Germany ranked second with 27 flights, up from 17 (+58.8%), followed by Canada with 22, down from 24 (-8.3%), Switzerland with 21, up from 6 (+250.0%), and Australia with 20, down from 27 (-25.9%). Austria entered the top-ten departure countries in the current period with 6 flights, while Colombia, previously ranked ninth with 6 flights, moved out of the top ten.
The top-ten departure countries combined for 1,128 flights in the current period, representing 97.92% of the total, compared with 975 flights and 97.60% in the prior period. The statistics are aggregated by aircraft type and departure country only, with individual operators not identifiable from the data, and the confidence level is rated low pending cross-verification.
