COVID-19 Impact on EUROCONTROL Airports EUROCONTROL Airport Briefings 12 July 2021
Total flights lost since 1 March 2020: 400,676 flights Current flight status: 748 daily flights or -41% vs 2019 (7-day average)1 Current ranking: 5th Busiest airline: Iberia with 270 average daily flights1 (-32% vs. 2019) • Busiest destination country: Spain with 154 average daily flights1 (-26% vs. 2019) • Busiest destination airport: Palma de Mallorca with 18 average daily flights1 (-19% vs. 2019) Madrid Mostly international traffic (-42% vs 2019) with traditional scheduled airlines
2020/21 Traffic Evolution
Madrid/Barajas Traffic variation (7-day average number of flights) 1,600
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Madrid/Barajas Change in number of flights from the same day of the previous week
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Traffic Composition
Rank Flights (arr+dep) Actual vs prev. week vs 2020 vs 2019 5th Total 5,237 ↑ 432' ↑ 3,205' ↓ 3,620' vs. prev. week Average daily 748 ↑ 62 (+9%) ↑ 458 (+158%) ↓ 517 (-41%)
Rank Top 5 Aircraft Operators (05-07-2021 - 11-07-2021) evolution D over 1 % over 1 over 1 Aircraft Operator Average daily departures % vs 2019 week week week Iberia 270 +20 +8% -32% Air Europa 107 +20 +22% -46% Iberia Regional-Air Nostrum 82 +2 +3% -46% Ryanair 70 +7 +11% -39% Vueling 14 +2 +17% -46%
Rank Top 5 Destination Countries (05-07-2021 - 11-07-2021) evolution D over 1 % over 1 over 1 Destination country Average daily departures % vs 2019 week week week Spain 154 +17 +12% -26% +1 France 29 +3 +10% -41% -1 Italy 29 +2 +6% -46% Germany 23 +3 +12% -41% Portugal 18 +1 +8% -48%
Rank Top 5 Destination Airports (05-07-2021 - 11-07-2021) evolution D over 1 % over 1 over 1 Destination airport Average daily departures % vs 2019 week week week Palma De Mallorca 18 +4 +26% -19% Ibiza 15 +1 +10% +2% Barcelona 13 +1 +6% -36% Las Palmas 12 -0 -2% -17% Lisbon 10 +0 +4% -43% Flight Category (05-07-2021 - 11-07-2021) D over 1 % over 1 Flight Category Average daily flights D vs 2019 % vs 2019 week week Internal 137 +72 +8% -33 -19% International 732 +679 +15% -619 -46% Round Robin Flights 0 +2 - +0 +0% Aircraft Category (05-07-2021 - 11-07-2021) D over 1 % over 1 Aircraft Category Average daily flights D vs 2019 % vs 2019 week week Narrow body 517 +621 +21% -441 -46% Wide body 130 +57 +7% -116 -47% Very large aircraft 89 +21 +3% -45 -34% Regional jet 118 +53 +7% -31 -21% Commuter (TurboP) 14 -4 -4% -18 -56% Other 1 +5 +125% -2 -59% Market Segments (05-07-2021 - 11-07-2021) D over 1 % over 1 Segment Average daily flights D vs 2019 % vs 2019 week week Traditional scheduled 676 +638 +16% -485 -42% Low-cost 84 +105 +22% -150 -64% Non-scheduled 14 -5 -5% -3 -16% All cargo 88 +15 +2% -13 -13% Business aviation 1 +1 +20% -2 -68% Other types 6 -1 -2% +0 +5%
SUPPORTING EUROPEAN AVIATION Notes: 1 Period between 05-07 – 11-07/2021 (as compared to the equivalent week in 2019). Contacts: Aviation Intelligence Unit [email protected]