July 2023 saw traffic 7% up on average compared with July 2022, with total flights in the month exceeding 1 million for the first time since September 2019. In fact, in around half of EUROCONTROL’s Member States, traffic levels are at or above those of July 2019 – particularly in south-east E...

In May, Finnair carried 960,400 passengers, which was 23.4% more than in May 2022 and 10.6% more than in April 2023. Month-on-month figures are, however, not fully comparable as there was one day less in April. May passenger traffic figures improved year-on-year as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts ...

In March, Finnair carried 953,000 passengers, which was 55.1% more than in March 2022 and 15.7% more than in February 2023. Month-on-month figures are, however, not fully comparable as there were three fewer days in February. As the COVID-19 pandemic impacts are fading, March passenger traffic fi...

3,198,152 million passengers used Avinor’s airports in January. This was an increase of 70 per cent compared to January 2022. Although there was an increase in passenger figures compared to January 2022, the figures are 16 per cent lower than January 2019.* “Air traffic in January has been...

The Airports Council International (ACI) and Airport Services Association (ASA) say there is no quick fix for the for airports which are failing to adapt to the increased passenger traffic experienced in the last few months. The statement, made by Olivier Jankovec, Director General of ACI Europe,...

The invasion of Ukraine has brought commercial flying there to a standstill, and stopped overflights of neighbouring Moldova. Elsewhere around the borders of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, overflights are also much disrupted. Here EUROCONTROL explore the changes in overflights between mid-Februa...

The potential Russian airspace closure would notably impact air traffic between Europe and Asia, which plays an important role in Finnair’s network. The negative financial impacts on Finnair will be significant especially if the situation prolongs. Due to this, the company withdraws its guidan...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in air travel decelerated in August compared to July, as government actions in response to concerns over the COVID-19 Delta variant cut deeply into domestic travel demand. Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 mont...

European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE, today released its air traffic report for June, Q2 & H1 2021, as well as preliminary data for the month of July. The report reveals the continued devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with passenger traffic decreasing by -76.9% across the Europe...

By Edward Robertson Air traffic in the Asia Pacific region has remained depressed in February this year. New figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) shows that the region’s airlines carried only 1.2 million international passengers during the month – just 6.3 pe...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that the damage being done to the African aviation industry and on economies by the shutdown of air traffic owing to the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened. According to new data published today by the Air Transport Action Group of which IATA is ...

Since the relaxation of travel restrictions throughout Europe, traffic at Munich Airport has been picking up again. This clearly shows peoples’ desire to travel again after the lock-down. In this context, the safety of passengers and employees is Munich Airport’s top priority. In addition to the...

Air traffic around the world has slowed to an unprecedented pace due to the border restrictions triggered by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Demand for air travel is not likely to return to pre-Covid-19 levels in the near future. It is with this backdrop that terminal operations at Changi Airport hav...

Nice Côte d’Azur airport, which has guaranteed an uninterrupted public service since 16 March, is making active preparations for the gradual resumption of air traffic. All the measures and tools deployed in the airport’s infrastructures follow the recommendations of the various health authorit...

In February, there was low growth in air traffic compared to the same month last year, and total traffic increased by 1 percent. The coronavirus affected traffic at the end of the month and so far, March has also shown a decline in traffic. The first case of the coronavirus in Norway was confir...