Europe’s airports are joining the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the EU’s biggest enlargement in two decades, presenting evidence of the virtuous circle of closer integration that is increasing demand for air travel, in turn boosting social cohesion across Europe. On 1 May 2004, ten countries joined the European Union as newly acceded Member […]
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Under the theme “Navigating Change”, Europe’s regional airport community have been busy discussing changing market conditions and existential challenges at this year’s Airports Council International (ACI) Europe Regional Airports Conference and Exhibition (RACE), which was hosted by Dubrovnik’s Ruder Boskovic Airport in Croatia. ACI Europe’s Deputy Director General, Morgan Foulkes, opened the conference stating that […]
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The annual gathering of Europe’s regional airports and their business partners takes place in Dubrovnik. The event is the opportunity to review trading conditions and the latest industry analysis from ACI EUROPE. While larger regional airports and in particular those serving popular tourism destinations or relying on VFR demand (Visiting Friends and Relatives) have generally […]
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The different passenger yields are related to conditions that affect them either positively or negatively, although domestic demand retreating and smaller regional airports underperforming. European airport trade body ACI EUROPE released its air traffic report for January 2024. Passenger traffic across the European airport network increased by +7% in January compared to the same month […]
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Passenger traffic across the European airport network increased by +28.3% in H1 2023 compared to the same period last year -with international traffic (+32.2%) growing at twice the rate of domestic traffic (+16.6%). The pace of growth eased in Q2 (+16.3%) compared to Q1 (+49%), reflecting the fact that COVID-19 restrictions on intra-European travel had […]
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-Demand remains bullish – despite airlines setting fares more than 6 times higher than consumer inflation rate The air traffic report for April 2023 released today by European airport trade body ACI EUROPE shows passenger traffic made further gains towards a full recovery, but with wide performance divergence across the continent. Passenger traffic in the […]
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At the annual gathering of Europe’s regional airports and their business partners taking place today and tomorrow in Chania, Crete, the latest industry analysis from ACI EUROPE has described a market segment which is simultaneously outperforming with a positive summer ahead, whilst also warning of disparities in the pace and strength of recovery and continued […]
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ACI EUROPE has released a revised passenger traffic forecast for the European airport network, showing that passenger volumes in 2023 are set to fall -9% below pre-pandemic (2019) levels and that a full recovery has now been pushed back to 2025 – rather than 2024 as previously forecast (May 2022). Olivier Jankovec, Director General of […]
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Ahead of final discussions between the EU Council and the European Parliament, ACI EUROPE has today urged both institutions to fully endorse the European Commission’s recommendation to return to the 80/20 airport slot usage rate for the Winter 2022-23 season. It is imperative that the EU Council and European Parliament now agree on slot rules […]
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European airport trade body ACI EUROPE today released its air traffic report covering the month of June, as well as Q2 and the first half (H1) of 2022. Passenger traffic in the European airport network jumped by +247% in H1 2022 compared to the same period last year -resulting in airports across the continent handling […]
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