When compared to July last year, volumes in the rest of Europe increased by +13.4%. Meanwhile, airports in the rest of Europe 2 achieved a full passenger traffic recovery in July, exceeding their pre-pandemic (July 2019) traffic levels by +3.7% – despite the loss of all air traffic for Ukrainian airports. While German airports posted the worst passenger traffic performance amongst larger markets, airports in the UK (-4.7%) made further progress towards their full recovery, followed by those in France (-6.6%). The best performances came from markets predominantly relying on inbound tourism and/or transatlantic traffic, with airports in Iceland (+16.2%), Croatia (+15.7%), Greece (+14.8%), Portugal (+10.5%), Luxembourg (+10.5%), Poland (+7.1%), Malta (+6.3%), Cyprus (+3%), Italy (+2.3%), Spain (+1.3%) and Ireland (+0.6%) all exceeding their pre-pandemic levels.Īt the other end of the spectrum, airports in Finland (-31%), Slovenia (-27.4%), Bulgaria (-22.9%), Germany (-19.2%) and Sweden (-17.9%) remained the farthest from a full recovery. The EU+ market 1 saw passenger traffic standing at -4.3% in July against pre-pandemic levels (July 2019) – and increasing by +12.7% when compared to the same month last year. These performance variations reflect a mix of factors – from the impact of the war in Ukraine to the impressive but selective capacity expansion of Ultra-Low-Cost Carriers and relative retrenchment of network carriers, as well as some domestic traffic shifting to other transport modes.” Non EU+ market recovery achieved He cautioned: “However, performance variations between national and individual airport markets have also become a fixture of our recovery – with 51% of Europe’s airports still below their pre-pandemic passenger traffic volumes.
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