COVID-19 Impact on EUROCONTROL Member States - France

EUROCONTROL States Briefing
Airplane with France Flag (FR) on the tail

EUROCONTROL has released an updated briefing on the impact of COVID-19 on aviation in France.

The briefing (available for download below in English or French) provides key facts and graphics and is one of a series covering the impact of the crisis on countries across Europe.

It includes a specific country-level forecast, which shows that in the (most likely) Scenario 2, 2024 traffic in France is expected to achieve 95% of the 2019 level.

More information on the recent forecasts produced by EUROCONTROL can be found here.

The briefing includes also information on airports, the major airlines, market segments and traffic flows, including:

  • Total flights lost since 1 March 2020: 1.2M flights
  • Current flight status: 2,059 daily flights or -56% vs 2019 (7-day average)
  • Traffic forecast: 45% of 2019 in 2021 & 71% in 2022
  • GDP: +5.0% in 2021 & +4.6% in 2022 (vs. previous year)
  • Vaccination: 16.3 per hundred people fully vaccinated
  • Busiest airport: Paris CDG with 514 average daily flights (-64% vs. 2019)
  • Busiest airline: Air France with 529 average daily flights (-57% vs. 2019)

(see the briefing for more detailed explanations of these statistics)

Files

COVID-19 Impact on EUROCONTROL Member States - France - June 2021
L'impact du COVID-19 sur les Etats-membres d'EUROCONTROL - France - Juin 2021
COVID-19 Impact on EUROCONTROL Member States - France - October 2020
L'impact du COVID-19 sur les Etats-membres d'EUROCONTROL - France - Octobre 2020