Data from aviation analytics firm Cirium shows more than 3,130 flights are scheduled set to take off from UK airports on Friday – the highest number on a single day since October 2019.
Numbers are expected to increase even further over the coming week, with 11,839 flights scheduled to take off. This is up 10% compared with the same period last year, and up 83% compared compared with 2021.
According to Cirium, Heathrow will see the largest number of departures, followed by Gatwick and Manchester while easyJet is projected to be the airline operating most flights this week, followed by British Airways and Ryanair.
