EUROCONTROL European Aviation Overview

• The network recorded 25,061 average daily flights (+5% vs 2023).
• Half States within the top 10 have recorded less traffic compared to the previous week’s average.
• Network traffic (flights) for November closed at at 96% of 2019 levels. Locally, the situation is more diverse.
• Year-to-date traffic is 96% of 2019, 5% more than 2023.
• En-route ATFM delays were higher than in the previous week (+75%), with an average of  approximately 19,700 daily minutes, owing to an ATC strike in France. This represents, on average, 0.79 min/flight.
• Disruptions (ATC) was the top delay cause last week (45% of all en-route ATFM delays) even more than “Capacity and Staffing” (41%).
• The average jet fuel price was at 2.07 USD/gallon on 06 December 2024, a 5% decrease over two weeks.
• Passenger numbers at the top 40 airports over the January-to-October 2024 period reached 1.2 billion, a +7% increase on same period in 2023. This corresponds to 101% of pre-pandemic (2019) levels.

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