The European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) has announced a tourist “explosion”, announcing the countries with the largest number of flights in Europe in the first week of June – from 2.06 to 8.06. According to published data, only Greece managed to beat the record figures for 2019.
The only country that increased the number of its flights compared to the same period in 2019 was Greece. The increase in flights was 0.2%. Compared to the same period, current flights to Turkey decreased by 11%, and the largest decrease occurred in Germany – by 19%. On the other hand, the number of flights decreased by 15% – in the UK, by 12% – in the Netherlands, by 10% – in France and Italy, by 8% – in Spain, by 4% – in Norway and 1% – in Portugal. compared to the model year 2019.
The overall ranking of the countries with the largest number of flights in the European region last week was as follows:
- Great Britain – 5,626 flights
- Germany – 4,974 flights
- Spain – 4,918 flights
- France – 4,392 flights
- Italy – 3,751 flights
- Turkey – 3.6 flights
- Greece – 1887 flights
- The Netherlands – 1,595 flights
- Norway – 1,430 flights
- Portugal 1,238 flights
The country that showed the highest increase in flights compared to the previous week was Greece with 12%. Greece was followed by Turkey with 6% and Norway with 3%. The number of flights to Germany, France, and Portugal increased by 2% and to the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands by 1%.