{"id":45621,"date":"2023-09-12T06:01:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T06:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/12\/july-passenger-traffic-in-europe-reaches-97-of-pre-pandemic-levels\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T06:01:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T06:01:55","slug":"july-passenger-visitors-in-europe-reaches-97-of-pre-pandemic-ranges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/12\/july-passenger-visitors-in-europe-reaches-97-of-pre-pandemic-ranges\/","title":{"rendered":"July passenger visitors in Europe reaches 97% of pre-pandemic ranges"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In July, the highest 5 European airports noticed a 4.3% decline in passenger visitors in comparison with pre-COVID-19 ranges recorded in July 2019. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

BRUSSELS \u2013\u00a0The ACI Europe<\/strong><\/a> airport visitors report reveals that passenger visitors for the height Summer month of July got here closest ever to a full restoration to pre-COVID-19 ranges.<\/p>\n

Passenger visitors throughout the European airport community\u00a0in July stood at simply\u00a0-3%\u00a0in comparison with July 2019 \u2013 an additional enchancment over the previous month (June stood at -5.9% in comparison with the identical month in 2019). When in comparison with July 2022, passenger visitors grew by\u00a0+12.8%.<\/p>\n

Olivier Jankovec,<\/strong> Director General of ACI Europe stated: \u201cThese headline figures are symptomatic of a shift from material to experiential consumption, with people valuing travel for leisure and for meeting friends and relatives across Europe and beyond more than ever. The consumer confidence resilience and continued momentum in the traffic recovery is even more remarkable considering the cost-of-living crisis and record increases in air fares.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

He cautioned:\u00a0\u201cHowever, performance variations between national and individual airport markets have also become a fixture of our recovery \u2013 with 51% of Europe\u2019s airports<\/a> still below their pre-pandemic passenger traffic volumes. These performance variations reflect a mix of factors \u2013 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.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Non-EU+ market restoration achived<\/h6>\n

The EU+ market1<\/sup>\u00a0noticed passenger visitors standing at\u00a0-4.3%\u00a0in July\u00a0towards pre-pandemic ranges (July 2019)\u00a0\u2013 and rising by\u00a0+12.7%\u00a0when in comparison with the identical month final 12 months.<\/p>\n

The finest performances got here from markets predominantly counting on inbound tourism and\/or transatlantic visitors, 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 ranges.<\/p>\n

At the opposite finish 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 restoration. While German airports posted the worst passenger visitors efficiency amongst bigger markets, airports within the UK (-4.7%) made additional progress in the direction of their full restoration, adopted by these in France (-6.6%).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, airports within the\u00a0remainder of Europe2<\/sup>\u00a0achieved a full passenger visitors restoration in July,\u00a0exceeding their pre-pandemic (July 2019) visitors ranges\u00a0by\u00a0+3.7%\u00a0\u2013 regardless of the lack of all air visitors for Ukrainian airports. When in comparison with July final 12 months, volumes in the remainder of Europe elevated by\u00a0+13.4%.<\/p>\n

The most spectacular performances within the non-EU+ market got here from airports capitalising on Ultra-Low-Cost Carriers\u2019 enlargement \u2013 resembling these in Albania (+116.6%) and Kosovo (+41.5%), in addition to airports benefitting from the shift in demand to\/from Russia away from the EU+ market \u2013 together with these in Uzbekistan (+72.6%), Armenia (+70.4%) and Kazakhstan (+66.4%).<\/p>\n

The main market of T\u00fcrkiye (+6.5%) additionally surpassed their pre-pandemic passenger visitors ranges.<\/p>\n

Majors nonetheless beneath pre-pandemic ranges<\/h6>\n

Passenger visitors on the Majors\u00a0(high 5 European airports) in July remained\u00a0\u20134.3%\u00a0in comparison with pre-pandemic ranges (July 2019). This was attributable to much less dynamic hub provider capability deployment and the sluggish return of demand from China. Compared to July 2022, passenger volumes nonetheless elevated by\u00a0+15.1%, thanks notably to sturdy transatlantic demand.<\/p>\n

While\u00a0London-Heathrow\u00a0(-1.2%) asserted its place because the busiest European airport and got here near reaching a full restoration,\u00a0Istanbul\u00a0(+16.5%) remained the one Major exceeding its pre-pandemic passenger volumes \u2013 and ranked second.<\/p>\n

The Turkish hub was adopted by\u00a0Paris-CDG\u00a0(-11.5%),\u00a0Frankfurt\u00a0(-13.1%) and\u00a0Amsterdam-Schiphol\u00a0(-10.6%).<\/p>\n

Amongst\u00a0different giant airports\u00a0(Group 13<\/sup>), the most effective July performances when in comparison with pre-pandemic (July 2019) ranges have been registered by: Athens (+10.6%), Istanbul-Sabiha G\u00f6k\u00e7en (+8.9%), Lisbon (+5.2%), Palma de Mallorca (+4.1%), Paris-Orly (+3.1%), London-Stansted (+1.8%), Antalya (+1.4%) and Dublin (+0%).<\/p>\n

Ultra-LCC bases and regional\/smaller airports outperforming<\/h6>\n

As in earlier months, a number of\u00a0Ultra-Low-Cost airport bases\u00a0saved exceeding their pre-pandemic passenger visitors volumes in July:\u00a0Memmingen\u00a0(+60.1%),\u00a0Beauvais\u00a0(+46.8%),\u00a0Charleroi\u00a0(+10.4%) and\u00a0Bergamo\u00a0(+10%)<\/p>\n

Similarly,\u00a0regional and smaller airports4<\/sup>\u00a0on common noticed passenger visitors exceeding pre-pandemic ranges by\u00a0+6.2%. Those \u00a0serving well-liked vacationer locations and\/counting on LCC visitors posted the most effective outcomes \u2013 with some having fun with exponential progress, resembling\u00a0Zadar\u00a0(+290.9%),\u00a0Perugia\u00a0(+189.6%),\u00a0Kutaisi\u00a0(+122.9%),\u00a0Funchal\u00a0(+42.7%),\u00a0Chania\u00a0(+32.1%),\u00a0Santorini\u00a0(+31.9%) and\u00a0Kerkyra\u00a0(+31%).<\/p>\n

Data by airport teams<\/h6>\n

During the month of\u00a0July, airports welcoming greater than 25 million passengers per 12 months (Group 1), airports welcoming between 10 and 25 million passengers (Group 2), airports welcoming between 5 and 10 million passengers (Group 3) and airports welcoming lower than 5 million passengers per 12 months (Group 4) reported a median efficiency of\u00a0-5.7%, -8.8%, +6.9%\u00a0and\u00a0+5.5%\u00a0when in comparison with pre-pandemic visitors ranges (July 2019).<\/p>\n

The airports that reported the very best will increase in passenger visitors for July 2023 when put next with July 2019 are as follows:<\/p>\n