EUROCONTROL's Medium-Term Forecast of Flights (2011-2017) just released
24-Oct-2011 The update of the Medium-Term Forecast of flights (2011-2017) is now available. This document replaces the medium-term forecast report published in February and the short-term forecast published in May this year.
Compared to the February 2011 release of the medium-term flight forecast this update foresees that 2011 will end slightly above the previous forecast.
However, mainly due to weaker economies, the growth in 2012 is now expected to be slower (down to 2.5% from 3.4% in the February forecast).
As a result, the forecast now finishes at 11.5 million flights in 2017, just below the figure published in the February MTF.
Revisions at a State level are often more significant corresponding to the uneven developments across Europe.
The detailed forecasts for individual States are available through our portal STATFOR Interactive Dashboard (SID).