Data from aviation analytics firm Cirium showed that scheduled international flights for the week of 14-20 February 2022 were up by 545% on the corresponding week in 2021, when international travel was still effectively banned.
But the 7,746 departures next week still represent a 42% drop in flights compared with February half-term in 2020, just weeks before the Covid-19 pandemic struck the UK.
The most popular destination for this year’s half-term flights is Dublin, followed by Amsterdam, Geneva and Tenerife South. The total number of seats on departing flights will be just over 1.5 million during the week.
