Europe’s passenger traffic grew by +4.3pc in Q1 2025 compared to the same period last year, marking a deceleration from the previous year’s +10.2pc growth.
International traffic was the primary driver for the increase, reporting a rise of +5.7pc, while domestic traffic remained unchanged.
Airports outside the EU+ market experienced a growth of +5.7pc, with Israel seeing the highest surge at +60.4pc.
The performance varied greatly among airports, with small airports exhibiting an impressive +13.4pc growth despite still sitting 34.5pc below pre-pandemic levels.
Freight traffic across Europe’s airports fell by -1.7pc year-on-year in Q1 2025, with varying performances from different airport groups.
Olivier Jankovec, Director General of ACI EUROPE shared: “Our Q1 data shows that the post‑pandemic travel boom is fading as we are moving towards ‘normalised’ growth rates in passenger volumes. While transatlantic demand is weakening, we expect the European part of that to shift to other markets. This means that in addition to geopolitics and the current supply pressures coming from aircraft delivery and maintenance delays.”
- Majors: Rome FCO (+9.4pc), Istanbul SAW (+9.0pc), Paris CDG (+5.6pc), Madrid MAD (+4.5pc), Barcelona BCN (+3.2pc),
- Mega airports: Milan MXP (+12.4pc), Athens ATH (+11.4pc), Copenhagen CPH (+6.5pc), Manchester MAN (+6.2pc), Málaga AGP (+6.0pc).
- Large airports: Tel‑Aviv TLV (+60.4pc), Krakow KRK (+21.9pc), Budapest BUD (+15.5pc), Alicante ALC (+14.6pc), Valencia VLC (+14.3pc).
- Medium airports: Chișinău RMO (+56.0pc), Sarajevo SJJ (+41.7pc), Trieste TRS (+41.7pc), Kaunas KUN (+34.6pc), Poznan POZ (+28.4pc).
- Small airports: Bucharest BBU (+1348.6pc), Antakya HTY (+272.8pc), Ostend OST (+221.6pc), Rodez RDZ (+190.8pc), Salamanca SLM (+175.6pc).
