EUROCONTROL reported (25-Oct-2023) the following highlights for European aviation, for the period between 16-Oct-2023 and 22-Oct-2023:
- The network recorded 29,768 average daily flights, -1.9% week-on-week, +8% year-on-year, and at 93% of 2019 levels;
- Intra Europe: 24,475 daily flights, -2% week-on-week and 95% of 2019 levels;
- Intercontinental: 5564 daily flights, -2% week-on-week and 87% of 2019 levels;
- On the intercontinental network, the main regional flow was Europe-North Atlantic (1374 average daily flights, 6% above 2019 levels), overtaking the Europe-Middle East flow, affected by reduced traffic to and from Israel;
- Europe-North Africa is recording the highest growth compared to 2019 (1195 average daily flights, +14%);
- UK-US was the top long haul country pair, with 331 average daily flights, -1% week-on-week and +9% compared with 2019;
- Mainline (+21% compared to 2022), low cost (+7%) and regional (+2%) sectors are recording growth since the pandemic;
- All cargo (-4%) is levelling off with no more rebound effect from 2022 events such as Omicron or the start of the Russia/Ukraine war;
- Business aviation (-2%) is also levelling off, with commercial airline activity now almost closing the gap between 2023 and 2019;
- The non-scheduled segment (-3%) was affected by decreases in flows to and from Poland and Israel. [more - original PR]