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Cirium reveals the European countries recovering fastest from the pandemic

Tirana International Airport Nene Tereza, Albania.

Only two European countries saw last year’s departures exceed pre-pandemic levels – Albania (18%) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (14%).

Flight analysis from Cirium, the aviation analytics firm, reviews the recovery of flights from each European country and shows how each nation has bounced back from the pandemic.

The study reveals the number of flights that departed last year compared to 2019 levels, with key findings being:

  • 42 European countries and regions ranked
  • UK in 29th position with departures in 2022 being 25% down on 2019 levels
  • The UK recorded over 1,086,833 departures in 2019, but in 2022 the figure fell to 816,854
  • Ireland performed better than the UK, with 2022 departures being only 14% below pre-pandemic levels
  • Only two European countries saw last year’s departures exceed pre-pandemic levels – Albania (18%) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (14%)
  • Greece, Portugal and Iceland neared pre-pandemic levels, with departures being only 2%, 4% and 5% down respectively
  • Ukraine suffered the largest fall in flights, with 2022 departures 85% down on 2019 levels
  • Despite European sanctions, flights from the Russian Federation were only down 20% of 2019 levels – meaning flight levels recovered faster than in the UK.
Travel Year 2019 2022  
Origin Country Departures Departures 2022 vs 2019 Difference
Albania 14,921 17,671 18%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,901 8,981 14%
Greece 240,962 236,689 -2%
Portugal 217,196 208,028 -4%
Iceland 29,869 28,378 -5%
Macedonia 8,871 8,220 -7%
Norway 321,957 296,028 -8%
Spain 942,360 851,666 -10%
Serbia 37,990 34,199 -10%
Turkiye 609,417 544,935 -11%
Luxembourg 26,923 23,919 -11%
Croatia 50,498 44,660 -12%
Ireland 134,225 115,046 -14%
Gibraltar 1,808 1,526 -16%
Italy 700,290 590,420 -16%
Cyprus 45,662 38,447 -16%
Netherlands 267,505 221,008 -17%
Romania 89,419 73,503 -18%
Russian Federation 633,727 507,895 -20%
Estonia 17,563 13,796 -21%
Lithuania 24,767 19,413 -22%
Montenegro 10,657 8,315 -22%
Poland 189,765 147,412 -22%
Bulgaria 37,669 29,152 -23%
Malta 24,658 19,036 -23%
France 733,561 563,428 -23%
Belgium 129,311 98,565 -24%
Denmark 158,290 120,343 -24%
United Kingdom 1,086,883 816,854 -25%
Switzerland 221,177 165,467 -25%
Hungary 55,851 41,740 -25%
Austria 151,907 106,269 -30%
Sweden 217,450 145,441 -33%
Germany 966,681 631,160 -35%
Finland 117,050 74,606 -36%
Slovakia 9,299 5,836 -37%
Latvia 39,631 23,660 -40%
Moldova 12,701 7,307 -42%
Czech Republic 67,034 36,648 -45%
Slovenia 10,792 4,706 -56%
Belarus 23,723 9,961 -58%
Ukraine 92,800 14,178 -85%
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