ATC
Europe’s Air Traffic Situation
In April 805,239 flights were recorded in Europe, an increase of 5.6 percent over the same month the previous year.

In April 805,239 flights were recorded in Europe, an increase of 5.6 percent over the same month the previous year. “This increase is beyond our initial forecast, which predicted a four-percent increase in the short, medium and long term,” said Víctor Aguado, director general of Eurocontrol.

However, there were fewer delays, with the percentage of flights delayed decreasing from 9 percent in April last year to 7.9 percent in the same month this year. Air traffic management-related delays dropped by 11.9 percent, from an average of 1.62 minutes per flight to 1.43 minutes. (The European performance target for en route air traffic flow management is one minute per flight.)