Week 8 of 2025 (17-23 February) saw growth in traffic of 2.2% week-on-week, despite heavy snowfall affecting Türkiye at the end of the week. Low cost carriers continue to be a major driver of this increase, with their year-to-date flights up 12% compared to 2024. En-route ATFM delays, at 0.54 minutes/flight, were slightly down on the previous week (although well up on 2024). The first month of the year saw en-route charges of €791 million, 20% up on 2024. 10.6% of this increase is as a result of higher unit rates.
Key data in this edition:
- The network recorded 26,079 average daily flights (+7% vs 2024).
- Aggregate traffic was 2.2% higher week-on-week across the top 10 States, with all States (except Türkiye) recording higher numbers of flights.
- Year-to-date traffic is 95% of 2019, 5% more than 2024.
- En-route ATFM delays were slightly lower than in the previous week (-9%), with an average just below 14,000 daily minutes. They were 71% higher than in 2024 and represent, on average, 0.54 min/flight.
- ‘ATC capacity/staffing’ was the top delay cause last week (84% of all en-route ATFM delays), followed by ‘Others’ (15%, including the system transition at Paris ACC).
- The average jet fuel price stood at 2.26 USD/gallon on 21 February, the same as two weeks earlier.
- EUROCONTROL billed 791M€ in en-route charges in January 2025, 20% above the amount billed for January 2024 flights, reflecting more service units (+7%) and higher unit rates (+11%). The average distance per flight continued to increase (+1.8% in January 2025 vs January 2024) whereas the average weight per flight slightly decreased (-0.1%).