In 2025, 6.9 million commercial flights were recorded in the EU, an increase of 3.8 percent 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 seven million recorded in 2019.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for June 2026 global passenger demand:

DP World reported revenue of USD12.7 billion for the first half of this year, up 13.1 percent year-on-year, as the strength of its global network helped the company navigate significant disruption to trade flows in the Middle East. 

Tourist Arrivals

Cyprus arrivals of tourists reached 582.754 in July of this year compared to 589.116 in July 2025, recording a decrease of 1,1 percent.

For the period of January – July of the current year, arrivals of tourists totalled 2.238.769 compared to 2.432.129 in the corresponding period of 2025, recording a decrease of 8 percent.

Arrivals from the UK were the main source of tourism for this July, with a share of 31,9 percent (185.981) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 20,5 percent (119.293), Poland with 6,3 percent (36.912), Germany with 3,7 percent (21.338) and Sweden with 3,4 percent (19.899).

This July, 85,2 percent of tourists travelled for holidays, 11,7 percent visited friends and relatives and 3 percent travelled for business purposes. Respectively, in July 2025, 85,5 percent of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays, 11,6 percent visited friends or relatives and 2,8 percent visited Cyprus for business purposes.

Returns of Residents of Cyprus

A total of 210.047 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad this July compared to 186.987 in the corresponding month in 2025, recording an increase of 12,3 percent.

The main countries from which residents of Cyprus returned in July were Greece with a share of 38,5 percent (80.775), the UK with 7,1 percent (14.832), Italy with 6 percent (12.545), Poland with 3,5 percent (7.412) and Germany with 3,5 percent (7.330).

The purpose of travel for the residents of Cyprus this July was mainly holidays, with a percentage of 75,2 percent, whilst business reasons held a percentage of 13,7 percent, studies 10,3 percent and other reasons 0,7 percent.

Jet2 has underlined its long-term commitment to Cyprus by recently hosting a major ‘Partnership for Growth’ event with key tourism partners in Limassol.

Cyprus is setting its sights on a digitally transformed future, as Costas Koumis, deputy Miniter of tourism for the republic, and Dimitris Skouridis, chief scientist, met on Wednesday, August 12, to align the nation’s tourism framework with artificial intelligence.

Based on the results of the Passengers Survey carried out by the Statistical Service, revenue from tourism reached EUR355,2 million this in May, recording a decrease of 4,8 percent compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (EUR373,3 million).

For the period of January – May of the current year, revenue from tourism is estimated at EUR798,2 million compared to EUR955,8 million in the corresponding period of 2025, recording a decrease of 16,5 percent.

According to Eurostat, in 2025, 27.5 percent of the EU’s population aged 16 or older were unable to afford one week of annual holidays away from home. This share increased by 0.5 percentage points (pp) compared with 2024, but it is significantly lower (by 7.7 pp) than a decade ago, in 2015.

Bird Aviation has signed a long-term agreement with easyJet for the provision of base maintenance services, covering two maintenance lines over an initial seven-year period, with an option to extend for a further three years.

RadissonHotel Group has collaborated with Accenture in launching an AI-powered hotel discovery app in ChatGPT, helping travellers move from trip intent to search, comparison and planning through natural conversation.