This weekend (21-24 July), 11,839 flights are scheduled to depart UK airports – equating to over 2.1 million seats.
Today, (Friday 21st July) is scheduled to be the busiest day of the weekend, with 3,113 departures from UK airports
The number of departures is projected to hit 89% of 2019 levels, when 13,242 flights departed UK airports during the main summer getaway weekend
Departure numbers are 11% higher than the same weekend in 2022, and up 88% compared to 2021, showing a spike in outbound flights
Heathrow Airport will see the highest number of departures this weekend, followed by Gatwick, Manchester, Stansted and Edinburgh
The most popular international destinations for UK departures are projected to be Dublin, Amsterdam, Palma, Malaga and Alicante
easyJet is projected to offer the most flights across the weekend, followed by British Airways, Ryanair, Jet2 and Loganair.
All data provided by Circum
