Eurocontrol’s weekly update on air traffic delays revealed that arrival punctuality remained steady at 74pc, which is 8.9 percentage points higher than in 2024.
Air traffic flow management delays were 10pc higher than in Week 32, yet 48pc lower than the same week in 2024. A total of 53.8K flights were impacted by ATFM restrictions, averaging 7,684 daily flights, representing 22pc of all daily flights in Europe.
Weekly air traffic in Europe was 4pc higher than during the same week in 2024, with 35,119 daily flights, though there was a slight dip of 0.6pc compared to Week 32.
Network hot spots indicated that 29pc of delays were due to France’s ATC capacity and staffing issues, followed by Germany with 12%, Greece with 10%, and Spain also at 10pc.
EUROCONTROL shared “The application of pre-agreed scenarios developed by NM with air navigation service providers helped save 72K delay minutes. Despite significant convective weather, the network showed strong resilience with only a slight week-on-week dip in air traffic. This reflects the impact of the collective thinkNetwork approach adopted by the Network Manager and our operational partners.”
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