2026
Data Snapshot #60 - What 2025 data reveal about the average flight in Europe
Published: 12 June 2026The 60. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot examines the average flight in the EUROCONTROL area, incorporating 2025 data.
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Data Snapshot #59 - First wave flights show improved year-on-year all-causes departure delays
Published: 12 May 2026The 59. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot shows that reducing delays in first wave flights improves overall network performance, with all-cause departure delays in first wave flights decreasing by 0.9 minutes per flight in 2025 compared to 2024.
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Data Snapshot #58 - Which year did the 40 busiest European airports in 2025 reach their historic peak day?
Published: 3 March 2026The 58. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot evaluates in which year the 40 busiest European airports in 2025 reached their historic peak day.
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Data Snapshot #57 - 2025 European aviation in numbers
Published: 6 January 2026The 57. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot summarises the main figures of European aviation in 2025.
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2025
Data Snapshot #56 - From business peaks to leisure balance: Shifting weekday flight patterns
Published: 17 November 2025The 56. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on shifting weekday flight patterns.
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Data Snapshot #55 - Highest-ever daily movements across the European aviation network, by country
Published: 28 October 2025The 55. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot analyses the highest-ever daily movements across the European aviation network, by country.
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Data Snapshot #54 - The average flight in the EUROCONTROL area
Published: 31 July 2025The 54. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot delves into the average flight in the EUROCONTROL area and new aviation trends.
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Data Snapshot #53 - Charting the growth in market share of a new generation of narrow and wide-bodies
Published: 23 July 2025The 53. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on the market share growth of a new generation of narrow- and wide-body aircraft.
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Data Snapshot #52 - Which FIRs (Flight Information Regions) see the most overflights, and why?
Published: 11 July 2025The 52. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot examines how overflights vary across the network.
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Data Snapshot #51 - Traffic evolution in Q1 2025: Traffic continues to grow, but growth is not uniform
Published: 14 April 2025The 51. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot delves into the traffic evolution in Q1 2025 in all ACCs in the EUROCONTROL area, highlighting the differences between southern and central/northern Europe.
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Data Snapshot #50 - Did you know... how many aircraft were in the air in 2024?
Published: 20 March 2025The 50. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot analyses the total number of aircraft in the air for any 15-minute interval in 2024.
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Data Snapshot #49 - Did you know... which were the busiest worldwide city pairs in 2024?
Published: 14 February 2025The 49. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot examines the busiest city pairs in 2024.
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2024
Data Snapshot #48 - How far can you fly from your country
Published: 10 December 2024The 48. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot explores the longest flights that can be taken from Europe.
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Data Snapshot #47 - ATFM slot tolerance windows
Published: 26 November 2024The 47. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot looks into the need to adhere to ATFM slot tolerance windows.
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Data Snapshot #46 - Further, higher, bigger...
Published: 25 July 2024The 46. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot looks at the trends behind the metrics for the average flight in the EUROCONTROL area.
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Data Snapshot #45 - Long term perspective of ANS performance
Published: 9 July 2024The 45. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot takes a long term view on ANS performance.
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Data Snapshot #44 - Why is your flight delayed?
Published: 28 May 2024The 44. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot delves into the causes of flight delays.
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Data Snapshot #43 - Centre of gravity of European aviation
Published: 27 March 2024The 43. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot delves into the shifting of the centre of gravity of European aviation towards south and east.
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Data Snapshot #42 - Growth of new generation of narrow bodies
Published: 08 March 2024The 42. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot delves into the growth of the new generation of narrow bodies, in particular the A320neo and B737MAX families.
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2023
Data Snapshot #41 - Comparing airline flight and seat recovery
Published: 21 December 2023The 41. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot shows that the recovery of airline activity from COVID-19 can depend greatly on whether flights or seats are considered, which is linked to fleet evolution.
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Data Snapshot #40 - Taxi times at selected European airports
Published: 10 March 2023The 40. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot takes a look at the times aircraft spend taxiing at airports.
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Data Snapshot #39 - Ransomware groups targeting aviation's supply chains
Published: 07 February 2023The 39. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot looks at ransomware groups targeting aviation's supply chain.
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Data Snapshot #38 - Path to recovery for intra-European and intercontinental flights
Published: 18 January 2023The 38. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot looks at the path to recovery for intra-European and intercontinental flights.
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2022
Data Snapshot #37 - Aviation connectivity across Europe
Published: 06 December 2022The 37. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot takes a look at three European capitals to analyse how aviation connectivity varies across the continent.
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Data Snapshot #36 - On the road to recovery from COVID-19
Published: 22 November 2022The 36. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot analyses Europe's recovery from COVID-19 and looks at what flights are still missing compared to 2019 traffic levels.
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Data Snapshot #35 - Moving towards higher levels of transparency for measuring performance with Open Data
Published: 08 November 2022The 35. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot analyses the coverage of open air transport data within Europe.
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Data Snapshot #34 - The rise of Low Cost Carriers in Europe
Published: 25 October 2022The 34. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot highlights the emergence and growth of Low Cost Carriers (LCC) in Europe, which now make up 32.5% of flights in 2022.
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Data Snapshot #33 - Comparing On-Time Performance in the United States and Europe
Published: 10 October 2022The 33. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot compares On-Time Performance in the United States and Europe.
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Data Snapshot #32 - Environmental improvements through continuous descent operations (CDOs)
Published: 20 September 2022The 32. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot shows how continuous descent operations (CDOs) can improve vertical flight efficiency, reducing CO2 emissions as well as noise levels near airports.
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Data Snapshot #31 - The new regional market segment
Published: 12 July 2022The 31. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on aviation's regional market segment.
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Data Snapshot #30 - Daily utilisation of aircraft by type
Published: 17 May 2022The 30. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on the daily utilisation of aircraft by type, which is getting back to pre-COVID level.
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Data Snapshot #29 - Changes in distance on flights to Asia following the invasion of Ukraine
Published: 12 Apr 2022The 29. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot reports on the changes in flight patterns on long-haul flights to Asia following the invasion of Ukraine.
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Data Snapshot #28 - Re-routings around Ukraine
Published: 23 Mar 2022The 28. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot reports on how re-routing around Ukraine is disrupting traffic flows across a wide area.
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Data Snapshot #27 - Europe now has 8 airline groups in the global Top 40
Published: 16 Mar 2022The 27. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot reports on how Europe now has 8 airline groups in the global Top 40.
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Data Snapshot #26 - All cargo flights complementing passenger flights
Published: 15 Feb 2022The 26. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on how all-cargo flights complement passenger flights.
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Data Snapshot #25 - Variation of aviation markets in States
Published: 01 Feb 2022The 25. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on how second-largest airports very rarely exceed 20% share of flights, but provide a window onto a country's aviation market.
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Data Snapshot #24 - COVID-19's impact on the passenger fleet
Published: 18 Jan 2022The 24. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on COVID-19's impact on the reversal of a long-running trend and on the renewal of the passenger fleet.
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2021
Data Snapshot #23 - Flight recovery with fewer choices for passengers in 2021
Published: 14 Dec 2021The 23. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on flights recovering to 75% of 2019 levels, but for passengers, the choice of flights to their destination remains low.
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Data Snapshot #22 - Lower summer taxi-out times in 2021
Published: 30 Nov 2021The 22. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on the welcome benefits of lower taxi-out times this summer and the challenge to keep them low.
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Data Snapshot #21 - Aircraft flying higher, more efficiently and sustainably
Published: 09 Nov 2021The 21. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on aircraft flying higher, creating extra airspace capacity and burning less fuel, saving 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
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Data Snapshot #20 - Recovering flights and increasing delays in 2021
Published: 03 Nov 2021The 20th EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on flights recovering this summer, alongside delays.
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Data Snapshot #19 - Europe's business aviation recovery from COVID-19
Published: 19 Oct 2021The 19. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on the continued recovery of Europe's business aviation sector from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Data Snapshot #18 - 56% lower emissions from 53% fewer flights
Published: 28 Sep 2021The 18. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on CO2 emissions from flights so far in 2021 being 56% lower than in 2019, while flights are down by 53%.
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Data Snapshot #17 - Aircraft weight variations during COVID-19
Published: 21 Sep 2021The 17. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot looks at the fluctuation in flights of heavy aircraft due to COVID-19 and it's impact on air traffic control (ATC) revenue.
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Data Snapshot #16 - Varying state recovery profiles
Published: 07 Sep 2021The 16. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot looks at the recovery profiles in summer 2021.
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Data Snapshot #15 - Delay caused by checking the COVID-19 documentation of passengers
Published: 31 Aug 2021The 15. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot looks at the delay caused by checking the COVID-19 documentation of passengers.
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Data Snapshot #14 - Measuring horizontal flight efficiency
Published: 13 Jul 2021The 14. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot looks at horizontal en-route flight efficiency - and why the shortest route is not necessarily the most fuel efficient one.
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Data Snapshot #13 - Change in operational fleet mix (01-21 June 2021 vs 01-21 June 2019)
Published: 29 Jun 2021The 13. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot looks at how airlines reduced the complexity of their aircraft fleet mix in the last two years and introduced more fuel-efficient aircraft types.
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Data Snapshot #12 - Inactive Aircraft in Europe
Published: 22 Jun 2021The 12. EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot looks at the level of inactive aircraft and how, across Europe, aircraft are being woken for the summer.
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Data Snapshot #11 - Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) at European airports?
Published: 08 Jun 2021The eleventh EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot tackles the question - Can regulation and focused logistics unlock the availability of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) at European airports?.
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Data Snapshot #10 - Surveillance Radar Overload
Published: 10 May 2021The tenth EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on the overload on the use of Surveillance Radar.
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Data Snapshot #9 - 2020 - smaller aircraft, shorter flights and fluctuating weight
Published: 22 April 2021The ninth EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot focuses on the fact that the average flight in 2020 was 7.6% shorter than 2019, but the average flight weight fluctuated from month to month quite dramatically compared with the relatively steady levels in 2019.
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Data Snapshot #8 - The costs of air traffic management in Europe
Published: 23 March 2021The eighth EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot is dedicated to how costs of air traffic management in Europe became disconnected from traffic around 2008.
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Data Snapshot #7 - COVID-19's impact on Europe's long-haul network
Published: 16 March 2021As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Europe's high-frequency long-haul network is cut by two-thirds.
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Data Snapshot #6 - How has COVID-19 impacted the network?
Published: 09 March 2021Right now, most routes across the Network are lower frequency and mostly domestic - find out where the flows are in the latest Data Snapshot, which compares 02/2021 and pre-pandemic 02/2020. The new Data Snapshot compares the busy short and medium-haul routes right now, with this time last year, pre-COVID.
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Data Snapshot #5 - All-cargo flights market share
Published: 23 Feb 2021A growing number of empty passenger aircraft are operating freight-only flights, finds our latest Data Snapshot, which looks at the growth of air cargo during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Data Snapshot #4 - CO2 emissions by flight distance
Published: 16 Feb 2021The fourth EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot expands on the fact that half of CO2 emissions come from just 6% of flights: the long-haul ones.
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Data Snapshot #3 - COVID-19 cuts to flights have interrupted Airbus's growing dominance of flights in Europe
Published: 09 Feb 2021The EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot reveals that COVID-19 has massively reduced the number of flights by Airbus aircraft across the network, reversing a decade-long trend.
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Data Snapshot #2 - CO2 emissions from flights in 2020
Published: 26 Jan 2021CO2 emissions fell by 57% in the EUROCONTROL network area in 2020 - but, as our latest EUROCONTROL Data Snapshot 2020 shows, that breaks down into big variations across States.
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Data Snapshot #1 - Airline schedules during 2020 were a weaker guide to flights than usual
Published: 12 Jan 2021In normal times the published airline schedules are a pretty good indicator of how many scheduled flights there will be. However, these are not normal times. One stark indicator of the volatility of COVID-related travel restrictions in the last 10 months is the fraction of scheduled flights which were actually operated, even in the week immediately after the schedule was published.
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