The same trend was visible throughout June – August. All months saw an increase compared with 2024: June (2.8 percent), July (2.9 percent) and August (3.3 percent). While the figures were still below those from the 2019 pre-pandemic levels, however they were getting close to the pre-pandemic levels: June (-2.1 percent), July (-1.7 percent) and August (-0.3 percent).

This information comes from monthly flight data on commercial flights recently  published by Eurostat. 

Looking at the latest country data for this September 5, a total of 12 countries exceeded their flight counts compared with 2019. Cyprus (+24.1 percent), Poland (+22.4 percent) and Greece (+21.4 percent) surpassed their 2019 figures the most and saw a significant increase in the number of commercial flights. By contrast, Latvia (-29.8 percent), Sweden (-27.3 percent) and Finland (-23.9 percent) are still far from the 2019 figures.