Geneva (awp/ats) – Skyguide controlled 522,006 civil flights in the first half of 2022, which corresponds to 90% of the traffic in the first half of 2019, before the crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Air traffic has seen a steady recovery, especially since the start of the summer season.
From -29% in January, the deviation from 2019 traffic has gradually narrowed, dropping to -20% in March and reaching -10% in May and June, the Swiss monitoring company said on Tuesday. air. Punctuality was 97.7%, better than in 2019. The Ukrainian crisis had no impact on traffic flows through Switzerland, she said.
The number of overflights handled was 170.2% higher than in the first six months of 2022, but down 15.5% compared to 2019. The number of take-offs and landings for the entire Switzerland also increased (+131.7%) compared to last year, but remains lower than in 2019 (-21.9%).
Different segments
The various air movement market segments in the first half of 2022 all show an increase compared to the same period in 2021, when Skyguide monitored 203,346 flights. But compared to that of 2019, the half-yearly traffic of regional airlines, mainline companies and low-cost flights is lower by 37.2%, 27.5% and 16.3% respectively.
The increase in traffic in the first half of the year is due to a 42.1% increase in cargo flights, 24.2% in business aviation and 5.5% in charter flights compared to the same period in 2019 All segments combined, the recovery was stronger in Geneva (+172% compared to 2021 and -17.1% compared to 2019) than in Zurich (+151.6% compared to 2021 and -29, 2% compared to 2019).
Note that regional airports recorded an increase of 2.5% compared to 2019. The busiest day for Skyguide was Sunday May 29, with 4,069 flights checked.
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