EUROCONTROL European Aviation Overview

EUROCONTROL's European Aviation Overview provides a detailed snapshot of the latest network trends.

It uses the latest traffic data to show how States, airports and airlines are performing, with further analysis of key topics, such as delays and fuel prices.

In Week 5 the European aviation network recorded 24,588 average daily flights, with air traffic levels 2% higher than in the same period in 2025.

While traffic globally was virtually unchanged from Week 4, the busiest ten carriers operated at higher capacity on average (+1.7%), whereas the busiest ten States saw 0.1% fewer flights.

Arrival and departure punctuality were 77.1% and 73.5%, in both cases worse than the same period last year.

With a daily average of around 5K delay minutes, en-route ATFM delays were 4% higher than the previous week, but 19% lower than in 2025.

Total ATFM delay per flight stood at 0.8 min/flight (of which 0.2 was en-route, and 0.6 was attributed to airports).

Overall, France, Spain and Switzerland accounted for slightly under half (45%) of all en-route ATFM delays; while in terms of category, ATC capacity/staffing was the top delay cause, amounting to 58% of all these en-route ATFM delays, most notably in Spain and Germany.

The average jet fuel price closed at $2.29/gallon on 30 January 2026, 4% higher than two weeks earlier.