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European Airport Traffic Declines for First Time Since COVID Recovery Began

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Passenger traffic at European airports fell by 0.7% in April 2026 compared with the same month last year, marking the first year-on-year decline since the post-pandemic recovery started in April 2021, according to ACI Europe. The downturn was driven by several factors, including the conflict in the Middle East, the timing of Easter holidays shifting […]

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For the first time since the recovery of European air transport after the Covid-19 pandemic, passenger traffic has fallen from the same period last year, Euronews writes.

·Romania
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The number of travelers at European airports fell in April compared to a year ago. It is the first time that passenger numbers have declined since the aviation sector recovered from the coronavirus pandemic, reports ACI Europe, the umbrella organization for European airports. The decline is the result of the Iran war and a strike in Germany.

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In April, air traffic in Europe experienced a 0.7% drop impacted by the Iran War. This is the first drop since the recovery of the air sector began following the coronavirus pandemic in April 2021.This is revealed by data published on Thursday by the International Airport Council (ICA Europe), which attributes the fall also to the fact that Holy Week was celebrated in its entirety in April 2025 and to problems of strikes in Germany.In fact, the …

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Passenger traffic on the European airport network fell by 0.7% in April compared to the same month of the previous year, which was the first year-on-year fall since the recovery of air transport on the continent began following the Covid-19 pandemic. Only the airports in Madrid, Barcelona and Amsterdam were the only airports that gained passenger traffic. As ACI Europe explains in a statement, this decline is attributed to a combination of facto…

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Reuters broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.
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