Turkey’s largest airport, Istanbul Airport, retained its title as Europe’s busiest air hub from Nov. 4-10, in line with the European Organization for Air Navigation Safety (Eurocontrol) on Thursday.
The airport recorded a mean of 1,359 each day flights, marking a 3% enhance from the earlier week.
London Heathrow Airport ranked second, with 1,295 common each day flights, unchanged from the earlier week, whereas Amsterdam Airport got here in third with 1,282 common each day flights, down 2%.
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport ranked fourth with 1,212 common each day flights, a decline of 5% in comparison with the earlier week, whereas Frankfurt and Madrid Barajas airports registered 1,170 and 1,129 common each day flights, respectively, with no modifications from the earlier week.
Barcelona Airport noticed a 6% drop, with 862 common each day flights, adopted by Munich Airport, which fell 3% to 845, and Rome Fiumicino Airport, down 4% to 790.
Zurich Airport noticed a 1% uptick with 670 common each day flights throughout the identical interval.
Except for Frankfurt, the highest 10 busiest airports registered extra flights in comparison with the identical week final 12 months.
Meanwhile, Ryanair was the highest airline with 2,440 common each day flights, down 18% in comparison with the earlier week, adopted by Turkish Airlines with 1,368, marking a 3% enhance, and easyJet with 1,267, experiencing a 22% decline.
Turkish Airlines was the one operator to see a rise in common each day flights throughout this era.
The prime 10 plane operators registered 8.7% fewer flights in comparison with the earlier week, because of the begin of winter schedules, Eurocontrol stated.
Source: www.dailysabah.com