ARGS
Graham Dunn
30 Mar 2026
Despite multiple challenges last year, passenger numbers continued to grow across European airports.
ACI EUROPE director general Olivier Jankovec believes one word sums up the attributes of the region’s traffic performance last year: resilience.
Set against a year of tepid economic growth, continued capacity constraints and geopolitical volatilities, passenger numbers nonetheless increased by 100 million across European airports to a new absolute high of 2.6 billion. That growth was primarily driven by international traffic, as passenger levels on domestic flights in the region were flat last year.
“However, traffic performance variations – whether by market, airport size or otherwise – remain a reality, due to increased traffic volatility, airline dominance, and consolidation along with renewed competitive pressures upon airports,” Jankovec said.
That is reflected in passenger numbers at 41% of European airports still remaining below their pre-pandemic levels of 2019...
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