Private aviation

Pilot and family, with their Cessna 172
Private pilot (l) and passenger (r) in a Beechcraft A36 near Spiegelberg, Namibia (2016)

Private aviation is the part of civil aviation that does not include flying for hire, which is termed commercial aviation. In 2022, private air travel was noted as increasing.[1]

  1. ^ Gössling, Stefan; Dolnicar, Sara (18 August 2022). "A review of air travel behavior and climate change". WIREs Climate Change. 14 (1). doi:10.1002/wcc.802. ISSN 1757-7780.