Europe airport traffic slips for first post-pandemic dip: Apr-26 passengers -0.7% amid war-driven disruption, higher costs, and
Europe’s airports recorded their first post-pandemic passenger dip in Apr-26, with passengers down 0.7% year-on-year as wars, costs, and a “chaotic” new biometric border system delayed flows. The report also points to softened cargo momentum and a stall in “revenge travel” demand dynamics.