Friday ‘busiest day for UK departures this year’
Friday (19 July) is set to be the busiest day for UK flight departures so far this year, with over 3,214 departures alone – the highest number of daily departures since October 2019, according to data experts Cirium.
Compared to the same weekend in 2023, scheduled departures are up 4% year-on-year, Cirium revealed.
Scheduled departures across the weekend are also set to reach 93% of 2019 levels.
While UK departure numbers sit below 2019 levels, there are over 2,500 more available seats from UK airports over the three days, compared to the same weekend in 2019, due to larger aircraft being used.
Heathrow Airport is projected to record the highest number of departures, followed by Gatwick, Manchester, Stansted and Edinburgh.
The most popular international destinations for UK departures are projected to be Dublin, Amsterdam, Palma, Alicante and Malaga.
EasyJet is projected to operate the largest number of UK departures this weekend, followed by Ryanair, British Airways, Jet2.com and TUI.
