EUROCONTROL European Aviation Overview

• The network recorded 29,634 average daily flights in Week 44, -8.2% vs Week 43, +5.8% vs 2024 and +4.5% vs 2019.
• Week 44 was the first week of the IATA winter schedules.
• On average, the busiest 10 carriers operated lower capacities (-7.8%) compared to Week 43. Similarly, the busiest 10 States saw their overall flights decrease by 9.8%.
• Year-to-date traffic is 99.8% of 2019, +4.2% vs 2024.
• Arrival and departure punctuality were 80.3% and 75.0% respectively, in both cases around 3pp better than 2024, but around 4pp worse than 2019.
• En-route ATFM delays were -51% compared to the previous week, with a daily average of around 24K delay minutes, 30% lower than 2024. Total ATFM delay per flight was 1.4 min/flight (0.8 for en-route, and 0.6 for airports).
• ATC capacity/staffing was the top delay cause (81% of all en-route ATFM delays), notably in France, Spain and Germany); weather only made up 4% with other factors the second largest category at 15%.
• The top contributing Area Control Centres to en-route ATFM delays (in mins per flight) were Marseille, Seville, Budapest, Casablanca and Barcelona.
• The average jet fuel price closed at 2.32 USD/gallon on 31 October, +12% vs two weeks earlier.

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