EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot #57 on 2025 European aviation in numbers

Our latest Data Snapshot takes a first view of core 2025 European aviation network data.

2025 was a year of solid traffic growth in the European aviation network, in a year characterised by strong cooperation between the EUROCONTROL Network Manager and all operational stakeholders.

In total, 11.12 million flights took place across the network, 4% more than in 2024, and just over the total for pre-pandemic 2019 by 16.8K flights.

Traffic

total flights (EUROCONTROL area)

daily flights (EUROCONTROL area)

Istanbul (1,491 daily arr/dep)
Amsterdam (1,351 daily arr/dep)
Heathrow (1,315 daily arr/dep)
Paris CdG (1,314 daily arr/dep)
Frankfurt (1,261 daily arr/dep)

Ryanair (3,184 daily flights)
easyJet (1,611 daily flights)
Turkish Airlines (1,559 daily flights)
Lufthansa (1,125 daily flights)
Air France (1,061 daily flights)

Other key network facts include:

30,474 average daily flights (vs 29,207 last year)
higher year-on-year traffic levels across virtually all of the busiest States, airline groups & airports
76.1% flight arrival punctuality, 3.5 pp higher than 2024 despite 4% more traffic
17% fewer air traffic flow management (ATFM) delays per flight vs 2024, which stood at 2.4 mins/flight (with much of the decrease down to fewer delays caused by bad weather).

The information in this Data Snapshot will be complemented shortly by a comprehensive European Aviation Overview paper, together with an Aviation Engage webinar that will be unpacking these figures with top industry leaders.