Friday busiest day of year for UK air travel
Today, Friday 23 August, is set to be the busiest day for departures from UK airports so far this year, with 3,243 departures, according to Cirium.
Across the weekend, departure numbers are almost 4% higher than the August Bank Holiday in 2023.
This Bank Holiday weekend, 12,302 flights are scheduled to depart UK airports – equating to over 2.2 million seats.
Scheduled departures across the weekend Friday 23 August – Monday 26 August are also set to reach 94% of 2019 levels.
Across weekend, Heathrow Airport will see the largest number of departures, followed by Gatwick, Manchester, Stansted and Edinburgh.
The most popular international destinations for UK departures are projected to be Dublin, Amsterdam, Mallorca, Alicante and Malaga.
EasyJet is projected to be the largest airline during the weekend, followed by British Airways, Ryanair, Jet2 and TUI.
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