Following the easing of UK Travel Restrictions on Friday 11 February, a strong recovery seems well underway for the travel sector as the February half-term begins.
Data has recorded that International flights from the UK for half-term 2022 are up 545% when compared with 2021’s half term figures. However, UK international departures remain 42% down when compared with pre-pandemic half term figures in 2020, just prior to the initial Covid-19 restrictions were put in place.
Over the course of this February half-term, there are scheduled to be 7,746 international departures from the UK equating to roughly 1,515,018 seats. With most popular destination by number of departing flights is Dublin, with 446 flights during half-term. This is closely followed by Amsterdam, Geneva and Tenerife-South.
As the United Kingdom drop the Day 2 test for fully-vaccinated arrivals, it has been revealed that 7,743 international flights will land into UK airports during the half-term holidays. A figure which equates to over 1.5 million seats.
With this half-term growth in mind, spring figures, in particular April, have suggested that a recovery is underway as international flights from the UK in April 2022 rise 845% when compared to April 2021, and up 840% compared to April 2020.
All data and figures provided by Circum, for more information please visit https://www.cirium.com/
