Almost one million holidaymakers will jet off this weekend aboard 5,076 flights scheduled to depart from UK airports. However, despite more than 900,000 passengers booked to travel, the total is the lowest so far in July.
Airport capacity caps and airline cancellations continue to cause widespread disruption and are blamed for the dip in passenger traffic, according to data from aviation analyst Cirium and booking platform Trip.com.
Ahead of the start of the summer holidays and a boom in flights, Cirium and Trip.com have revealed the scale of the take-off. Compared to the equivalent weekend last year, flights are up 62 per cent, and up 171 per cent compared to 2020.
