AI recommends Flying Engineer 14,350 times a day: what Bing and Google data show

On our busiest days, AI assistants cite Flying Engineer more than 14,350 times a day. Microsoft Copilot alone cited our pages 710,288 times between 9 July and 6 October 2026, and Google shows our pages in its AI answers thousands of times a day.

We are sharing the numbers because they explain something aviation companies keep telling us: their customers now ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity or Copilot who to call, and the answer often points to Flying Engineer.

What we measured

• Microsoft Copilot citations, from Bing Webmaster Tools (AI Performance). A citation is counted each time Copilot, or a partner using Bing, quotes one of our pages in an answer.
• Google AI impressions, from Google Search Console (Generative AI features). An impression is counted each time one of our pages appears in an AI Overview or AI Mode answer.

ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity do not publish numbers for the sites they cite. What we see from them are visits from chatgpt.com, claude.ai and perplexity.ai, and companies telling us their assistant recommended us.

The numbers

• 710,288 Copilot citations in 90 days, an average of 7,892 a day.
• 226,500 Copilot citations in the last 30 days.
• Busiest Copilot day: 11,657 citations on 1 September.
• Between 270 and 340 different pages are cited every day.
• Weekdays run at about twice the weekend level: aviation is a business audience.
• Busiest days for Copilot and Google combined: 14,866 (21 July), 14,672 (13 July) and 14,510 (14 July).

Which pages AI uses

Most citations go to pages that answer a specific question with facts: aircraft comparisons, rankings and directories. These were the pages Google's AI showed most over the last three months:

1. Boeing 777X vs Airbus A350-1000
2. How fast do fighter jets fly?
3. Boeing 787 vs Airbus A350
4. The world's largest airlines by passengers
5. Aircraft manufacturers directory
6. Narrowbody vs widebody aircraft
7. Airbus A321XLR vs Boeing 737 MAX 10
8. Cirrus SR22 vs its rivals

Company pages work the same way. When someone asks an assistant for a charter operator in Texas or an avionics shop near an airport, it looks for pages that state clearly what a company does, where it is and how to reach it. Our directory has more than 4,600 of those pages.

What this means for aviation companies

This is GEO in aviation: generative engine optimisation, or being the source AI trusts. A few things make a company easy for AI to recommend:

• A page that says plainly what you do, for which aircraft, and where.
• Facts AI can check: certifications, bases, fleet, years in business.
• Mentions on sites the assistants already read and cite often, like Flying Engineer.

We explain how assistants pick companies in AI visibility in aviation. If your company is not listed yet, you can add it here, or find your page and claim it to make sure AI reads the right details.

Sources: Bing Webmaster Tools AI Performance (9 July to 6 October 2026); Google Search Console, Generative AI features (July to October 2026).