TRAFFIC
London Gatwick is expecting its busiest summer season since 2019, with a record number of airlines, fresh destinations and expanded long-haul options. The first in a number of new services launched earlier this month with Emirates welcoming its fourth-daily flight to Dubai, operated by an Airbus A350 – the first to serve England. And that’s […]
Brisbane Airport is welcoming in the Year of the Horse with more Lunar New Year flights than ever before. There’s been a 17.4% surge in Lunar New Year inbound capacity between Queensland and key Asian cities, including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei. Compared to the Lunar New Year period last year, China Southern Airlines […]
Global airport operator, Aena, reports that traffic numbers continued to rise across its network in January, although at a slower rate in Spain than in the same month a year ago. Aena handled 25.8 million passengers across its 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, the UK and Brazil last month – 3.3% more than […]
Figures released today confirm what we have known in reality for a long time, Dubai International Airport (DXB) maintained its status as the world’s busiest international airport and second busiest gateway on the planet last year courtesy of the 95.2 million passengers that passed through its facilities in 2025. Only Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) […]
Passenger numbers at UK airports will continue to rise this year, according to the latest survey from the country’s Civil Aviation Authority. New data from the CAA shows that nearly a third of consumers (31%) polled in its survey are planning to fly more in 2026 than they did last year. The survey suggests that […]
A record-breaking January saw a total of 2.48 million passengers pass through Dublin Airport, an impressive 14% increase on the same month last year. The sharp increase once again highlights the huge demand that’s there to fly in and out of Dublin Airport, according to airport operator daa. Three days in January saw more than […]
Air navigation service provider, NATS, today revealed that 2025 was the busiest year for flights in UK airspace since 2019, with some 2,536,156 flights (+2.7%) handled during the year. The busiest day was July 18, which saw 8,340 flights, an increase of more than 100 flights compared to the busiest day of 2024. […]
Traveller numbers at Singapore Changi Airport reached an all-time high in 2025, with 69.98 million passenger passing through its facilities. The total marked a 3.4% increase on 2024, and it was equally good news for air traffic movements and cargo volumes, which rose by 2.2% and 4.5% respectively, the 2.08 million tonnes of freight handled […]
Edinburgh Airport welcomed close to 17 million passengers in 2025 – a new milestone for a Scottish airport. Last year, 16,980,588 passengers passed through the gateway, which is part of VINCI Airports’ global network of airports. It notes that the record numbers were helped by a number of new routes in 2025, which included JetBlue’s […]
Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) welcomed 43.82 million passengers last year – 8% more than in 2024. The total, up from 40.73 million in 2024, included its busiest ever day on November 23 when it handled 137,000 passengers. Air traffic movements peaked at 837 ATMs on October 19, 2025, while the average daily ATMs for […]
London’s Heathrow Airport has become the latest major hub to report record traffic figures in 2025. It reveals that it closed out the year “in record-breaking style” with its busiest ever December when it handled 7.2 million passengers, the monthly total bringing its yearly tally to 84.4 million. Highlights of the year included its busiest […]
Traffic numbers continue to rise at Munich Airport with 43.4 million passengers (+4.4%) passing through the Bavarian gateway in 2025. The airport also recorded a 3% rise in air traffic movements, handling a total of 337,000 takeoffs and landings during the year. Once again, European and intercontinental traffic were the main growth drivers, with traffic […]
