In 2025, 6.9 million commercial flights were recorded in the EU, an increase of 3.8% compared with 2024 (6.7 million). The number of flights has risen continuously since 2021 and, by 2025, had returned to a level similar to the pre-pandemic figure of 7.0 million recorded in 2019.
Non-scheduled commercial flights (charter flights and other special flights) constituted 8.5% of all flights in 2025. The summer months – June (648 707 total flights), July (690 855), and August (693 046) – recorded the highest number of non-scheduled flights (11.2%, 12.3%, and 11.4%, respectively).
Source dataset: avia_tf_cm
Schiphol in Amsterdam: top airport for commercial flights
The highest count of commercial flights (scheduled and non-scheduled) in 2025 was recorded in Amsterdam Schiphol airport in the Netherlands, with 488 000 flights. It was followed by Paris-Charles de Gaulle (476 000) in France and Frankfurt/Main (457 000) in Germany.
Among the 10 airports with the biggest numbers of commercial flights, the highest shares of non-scheduled flights were recorded in Athina/Eleftherios Venizelos (5.2%) in Greece, Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas (4.8%) in Spain and København/Kastrup (4.1%) in Denmark.
Source dataset: avia_tf_airpm
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Methodological notes
- This news article is based on monthly data on commercial flights from Eurocontrol, a pan-European civil-military organisation dedicated to supporting European aviation. Data on commercial flights include scheduled and non-scheduled commercial flights (passengers, freight and mail) performed under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). For more information, refer to the methodological file.
- A scheduled flight is a commercial air service operated according to a published timetable or with a regular frequency open to direct booking by public. A non-scheduled flight is a commercial air service other than scheduled air services. This includes charter flights and other special flights performed for remuneration such as air taxi, off-shore flights or sightseeing flights.
- Attention should be paid to methodological differences when comparing this monthly data with Eurostat data on passenger, freight and mail air transport collected within Regulation (EC) No 437/2003. For more information about Eurostat’s data collection, please refer to the methodological file.
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| Zařazeno | pá 28.08.2026 11:08:00 |
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| Zdroj | Eurostat - news |
| Originál | ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=ddn-20260828-1 |
| lang | en |
| Autor | Eurostat |
