European airport trade body ACI EUROPE today released its preliminary air traffic report for July 2025 with data covering over 470 European airports.

Passenger traffic across the European airport network increased +3.1% in July 2025 compared with July 2024. Historically, this ranks among the weakest July performances, below average for July growth rates in the decade before the COVID‑19 crisis.

International passenger traffic outperformed and accounted for all of the gains (+3.7%) as domestic traffic remained flat (+0.7%). Overall, passenger volumes in July stood at +5% above their pre-pandemic levels (July 2019).

Freight and aircraft movements

Freight traffic across the European airport network decreased by -1.5% in July — with EU+ airports at -2% and non‑EU+ airports at +2.1%. When compared to pre‑pandemic volumes, freight stood at +10.4%.

Amongst the top 10 European airports for freight traffic, the best results compared to last year came from Liège (+14.4%), Madrid (+8.9%), and Milan Malpensa (+7.6%).

Aircraft movements in July increased by +2.9% compared to the same period last year.

The integral version of the report (three pages) is attached to this AVIONEWS.