Commercial airlines change in passenger traffic in Europe 2013-2024
Between 2013 and 2019, the passenger traffic on commercial airlines in Europe was mostly stable. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, passenger traffic declined by 70 percent in 2020 compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019. In the following years, the year-on-year change in passenger numbers of European commercial airlines increased; in particular, passenger traffic on system-wide commercial airlines was estimated to increase by 102 percent compared to the previous year, when the global aviation industry was still under the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, the passenger volume is expected to grow by 10 percent in 2024.
