Steve VarsanoFounder at The Jet Business

Not many people know the reasons why there are fewer jets in China - Let me tell you!

Name: Not many people know the reasons why there are fewer jets in China - Let me tell you!
Uploaded: 2025-03-11T10:22:04+00:00
Duration: 44 s
Channel: Steve Varsano
Description: In this segment, the speaker explains why the corporate jet market in China is dramatically smaller than in the United States. The key reasons are: (1) a…

11 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker explains why the corporate jet market in China is dramatically smaller than in the United States. The key reasons are: (1) a stark difference in available airports—about 5,000 in the U.S. versus only 145 in China; (2) 70% of Chinese airspace is under military control, limiting private jet routing; (3) cultural attitudes that discourage overt displays of wealth, reducing demand for private jets. The speaker backs these points with statistics: the U.S. has roughly 14,000 corporate jets, while Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau together have about 400, despite China’s population being four times larger than that of the U.S.

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China is about the same landmass as the United States, but in the United States there are 5,000 airports for a corporate jet to land in, and in China there's 145. The amount of airports you can actually go to in China is tiny, limited. And the other thing is 70% of the airspace in China is actually controlled by the military. The corporate jets can't really fly around freely around the country. Something that is a remarkable statistic is that China has about 4 times the population. The United States has 14,000 corporate jets and Mainland China and Hong Kong and Macau, there's about 400 jets. So it's a tiny business because of the airspace being limited and also because people in the country don't want to stick their head above the surface of showing wealth.