Only two European nations noticed final 12 months’s departures exceed pre-pandemic ranges – Albania (18%) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (14%).
Flight evaluation from Cirium, the aviation analytics agency, critiques the restoration of flights from every European nation and exhibits how every nation has bounced again from the pandemic.
The research reveals the variety of flights that departed final 12 months in comparison with 2019 ranges, with key findings being:
- 42 European nations and areas ranked
- UK in twenty ninth place with departures in 2022 being 25% down on 2019 ranges
- The UK recorded over 1,086,833 departures in 2019, however in 2022 the determine fell to 816,854
- Ireland carried out higher than the UK, with 2022 departures being solely 14% under pre-pandemic ranges
- Only two European nations noticed final 12 months’s departures exceed pre-pandemic ranges – Albania (18%) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (14%)
- Greece, Portugal and Iceland neared pre-pandemic ranges, with departures being solely 2%, 4% and 5% down respectively
- Ukraine suffered the biggest fall in flights, with 2022 departures 85% down on 2019 ranges
- Despite European sanctions, flights from the Russian Federation have been solely down 20% of 2019 ranges – that means flight ranges recovered quicker than within the UK.
| Travel Year | 2019 | 2022 | |
| Origin Country | Departures | Departures | 2022 vs 2019 Difference |
| Albania | 14,921 | 17,671 | 18% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7,901 | 8,981 | 14% |
| Greece | 240,962 | 236,689 | -2% |
| Portugal | 217,196 | 208,028 | -4% |
| Iceland | 29,869 | 28,378 | -5% |
| Macedonia | 8,871 | 8,220 | -7% |
| Norway | 321,957 | 296,028 | -8% |
| Spain | 942,360 | 851,666 | -10% |
| Serbia | 37,990 | 34,199 | -10% |
| Turkiye | 609,417 | 544,935 | -11% |
| Luxembourg | 26,923 | 23,919 | -11% |
| Croatia | 50,498 | 44,660 | -12% |
| Ireland | 134,225 | 115,046 | -14% |
| Gibraltar | 1,808 | 1,526 | -16% |
| Italy | 700,290 | 590,420 | -16% |
| Cyprus | 45,662 | 38,447 | -16% |
| Netherlands | 267,505 | 221,008 | -17% |
| Romania | 89,419 | 73,503 | -18% |
| Russian Federation | 633,727 | 507,895 | -20% |
| Estonia | 17,563 | 13,796 | -21% |
| Lithuania | 24,767 | 19,413 | -22% |
| Montenegro | 10,657 | 8,315 | -22% |
| Poland | 189,765 | 147,412 | -22% |
| Bulgaria | 37,669 | 29,152 | -23% |
| Malta | 24,658 | 19,036 | -23% |
| France | 733,561 | 563,428 | -23% |
| Belgium | 129,311 | 98,565 | -24% |
| Denmark | 158,290 | 120,343 | -24% |
| United Kingdom | 1,086,883 | 816,854 | -25% |
| Switzerland | 221,177 | 165,467 | -25% |
| Hungary | 55,851 | 41,740 | -25% |
| Austria | 151,907 | 106,269 | -30% |
| Sweden | 217,450 | 145,441 | -33% |
| Germany | 966,681 | 631,160 | -35% |
| Finland | 117,050 | 74,606 | -36% |
| Slovakia | 9,299 | 5,836 | -37% |
| Latvia | 39,631 | 23,660 | -40% |
| Moldova | 12,701 | 7,307 | -42% |
| Czech Republic | 67,034 | 36,648 | -45% |
| Slovenia | 10,792 | 4,706 | -56% |
| Belarus | 23,723 | 9,961 | -58% |
| Ukraine | 92,800 | 14,178 | -85% |
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