The network averaged 36,055 daily flights in Week 27, up 1.4% compared to Week 26 and 3.4% higher than in 2025.
Week-on-week, flights between Europe and the Middle East increased by 13% and exceeded 2025 levels by 3%, reflecting a sustained recovery following the US-Iran Agreement signed on 17 June 2026.
On average, the busiest 10 carriers improved their capacity by 0.9% compared to the previous week. At State level, the busiest 10 States recorded a 2.0% increase in flights compared to the previous week.
Network arrival and departure punctuality were 70.6% and 64.2%, better than the equivalent week in 2025. En-route ATFM delays decreased by 9% compared to the previous week, averaging circa 98K delay minutes per day, and were 44% below 2025 levels. Total air traffic flow management (ATFM) delay per flight was 3.37 mins/flight (2.72 for en-route, and 0.65 for airports).
Weather was the top delay cause (51% of all en-route ATFM delays), particularly in Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland and Serbia/Montenegro. The area control centres contributing the most to en-route ATFM delays (in mins/flight) were Marseille (2.77 mins/flight), Athens (2.34 mins/flight), Skopje (1.82 mins/flight), Karlsruhe (1.81 mins/flight), and Barcelona (1.71 mins/flight).
Jet fuel prices in Europe fell sharply from their wartime peak in early April, declining from an average of $5.01 per gallon to $2.91 on 3 July 2026. However, prices were 1% higher than two weeks earlier. Jet fuel prices remain volatile as the market transitions from geopolitical disruptions to a gradual supply-chain normalisation process. Air ticket prices - excluding inflation - were lower (-1.7%) for January-May 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.