Passenger traffic across Europe\u2019s airports grew +4.3% year-on-year in Q1 2025, continuing a positive trend though at a slower pace than Q1 2024 (+10.2%), signalling post-COVID stabilisation. Compared to pre-pandemic Q1 2019 levels, traffic is now +3.2% above.
\nKey trends:
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0International travel (+5.7%) drove all growth; domestic traffic stagnated (0%) and remains -12.8% below 2019 levels.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Growth decelerated monthly: January (+6.9%), February (+3.4%), March (+3%) \u2014 Easter\u2019s April timing partly explains the March dip.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Smaller airports (<1M passengers) surged +13.4%, although still -34.5% below 2019, while major hubs (>40M passengers) saw just +3% growth.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Top growing small\/medium airports include Bucharest BBU (+1349%), Antakya (+273%), Chi?in?u (+56%), Sarajevo (+41.7%).
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Leading larger airports: Rome FCO (+9.4%), Istanbul SAW (+9.0%), Milan MXP (+12.4%), Tel Aviv TLV (+60.4%).
\nFreight traffic fell -1.7% across Europe, while aircraft movements rose +3.7% but are still -5.3% below 2019 levels.
\nACI EUROPE\u2019s outlook remains cautiously optimistic for summer but flags macroeconomic and geopolitical risks\u2014notably U.S. trade policy shifts, airline capacity discipline, and delivery delays\u2014could challenge demand by winter. \u2013 Aviation24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Passenger traffic across Europe\u2019s airports grew +4.3% year-on-year in Q1 2025, continuing a positive trend though at a slower pace than Q1 2024 (+10.2%), signalling post-COVID stabilisation. Compared to pre-pandemic Q1 2019 levels, traffic is now +3.2% above. Key trends: \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0International travel (+5.7%) drove all growth; domestic traffic stagnated (0%) and remains -12.8% below 2019 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":null,"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[92,102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airports","category-featured-en"],"yoast_head":"\n