Airlines
Eurocontrol Pushes Back Covid Recovery as Delays Worsen
The air traffic management agency published a revised short-term forecast for European air traffic, as airlines and airports face serious staff shortages.
Eurocontrol has revised its short-term traffic forecast and now expects a full recovery from Covid to take longer in the air transport industry. (Image: Eurocontrol)
Eurocontrol has revised its short-term traffic forecast and now expects a full recovery from Covid to take longer in the air transport industry. (Image: Eurocontrol)

Eurocontrol expects traffic in its airspace to recover this year to 85 percent of pre-Covid 2019 levels despite disruption from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and inflation pressures on the global economy. The air traffic management agency published its revised short-term forecast for 2022-2024 late on June 3 as flight delays and cancellations escalated at several European airports caused mainly by chronic staff shortages.