JET FUEL
European air traffic recorded 24,776 average daily flights in the week to Feb. 9, up around 3.6% on the week across the top ten countries, according to Eurocontrol
- Levels are up around 5% versus 2024 levels, and year to date traffic is around 95% of 1029 levels, Eurocontrol added.
- The average jet fuel price stood at 2.26 USD/gal on Feb. 7, a 9% increase on early December 2024.
- Of the top 10 operators, only four have daily flights exceeding pre-pandemic levels: Spain, Turkey, Poland and Italy.
- The UK has the highest number of average daily flights in the region, up 5% on the week to 4,646. This is still 8% below 2019 level. Spain recorded the greatest weekly increase in flights, up 7%.
- The top 10 largest operators recorded 5.9% more flights than the previous week, with a rise in traffic from 8 of the 10 operators (falls from KLM and Wizz Air).
- EasyJet saw the greatest increase in traffic, with flights up by 29% to 1,227 flights per day.
- Ryanair remains the largest operator with 2,527 daily flights on average.
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