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ETC’s data on passenger traffic impact

Tuesday, 25 May 2021
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  1. Passenger Traffic Impact (Europe EU & non EU see below)

Please find below our passenger traffic data for the period 1 March, 2020 – 2 May, 2021 (Weeks 10 of 2020 to Week 18 of 2021). This is based on data received from members accounting for 78% of total European passenger traffic.

April did not see any improvement in passenger traffic performance compared to Q1:

  • Across the European airport network, passenger traffic stood at -83% (vs. pre-crisis volumes: April 2019) - compared with -82% in Q1 2021.
  • EU/EEA/Swiss/UK airports continued to underperform at -88% - compared with -89% in Q1 2021.
  • Other airports (non-EU/EEA/Swiss/UK) did better at -58% - compared to -55% in Q1. While these airports had been on an improving trend since December, passenger traffic is declining again due to the new covid-19 wave affecting Turkey.

Since the beginning of the year, Europe’s airports have already lost 573 million passengers – of which 503 million in the EU/EEA/Switzerland/UK.

Aircraft movements vs. passenger traffic (7 December 2020 – 11 April 2021)

Total Europe (78%)

EU/EEA/Switzerland & UK (82%)

Germany (94%)

France (76%)

UK (69%)

Benelux (99%)

Southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel – 90%)

Nordic & Baltics (94%)

Eastern EU (Poland, Czech Rep., Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania & Bulgaria – 80%)

Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Turkey, Armenia, Israel, Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Northern Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo & Albania (69%)

 Below the year to date Traffic data (pax numbers on a monthly basis) and further the list of the top 10 ACI EUROPE airports for Q1.