Albania, the first in Europe to increase commercial flights in the summer months

2023-10-13 09:10:00, Aktualitet CNA

The country's return to a tourist destination and the entry of low-cost airlines has significantly increased commercial flights in the summer months.

According to Eurostat, which has published data on commercial flights according to reporting countries, processed by "Monitor", Albania ranks first in Europe for the increase in the number of commercial flights in the summer period of June-September.

According to Eurostat, a total of 19.3 thousand flights were registered for the four months of the season (June-September), with an increase of 27.8% compared to the same period of the previous year. In second place is Serbia, with an increase of 27.76%, while the third is the Czech Republic, with an expansion of 19.4%.

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The increase in flights is more than twice higher than the average of the European Union, of about 13% for the summer period.

In Albania in July and August for the first time more than 5 thousand flights/month were registered.

For the entire 8-month period, flights in Albania have increased by 22%, after Serbia (27.4%), Malta (25), Cyprus (24), North Macedonia (23.4%), Iceland (23.2%). In the summer months, flight growth rates accelerated, making Albania move into first place during the season.

Europe has not yet reached the level of 2019

According to Eurostat, in September 2023, there were 605,806 commercial flights in the EU, marking an increase of 7.9% compared to the number of flights in September 2022. However, the figure remained 8.9% lower than the number of flights for the same month in 2019.

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The same trend was visible throughout June - August. All months saw a significant increase compared to 2022 – June (6.9%), July (7.4%) and August (6.6%), but the figures were still below those of 2019: June (-10.4%), July (-9.0 %) ) ) and August (-8.5%).

Looking at national data for September 2023, only 6 countries exceeded their number of flights from 2019. Greece (+10.9%), Portugal (+9.0%), Cyprus (+5.9%), Croatia (+2.6%), Ireland (+1.4%) and Malta (+0.7%) exceeded 2019 figures and saw an increase in the number of flights.

In contrast, Latvia (-30.4%), Finland (-30.2%), Estonia (-25.4%), Sweden (-24.1%) and Slovenia (-22.9%) are far 2019 figures.

Albania, the first in Europe to increase commercial flights in the summer months