The airline sector is doing well in France. Nearly 178 million passengers took the plane in France in 2024, or 99.1% of the level of 2019, the last year before the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular thanks to the resumption of international traffic, announced Thursday the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC).
Domestic traffic continues to decline
This recovery was weighed down by domestic traffic which continues to decline with only 27.4 million passengers, or 80.3% of the 2019 level, only connections between mainland France and the overseas departments having returned to their level. before the pandemic. The so-called radial connections, between Paris and provincial airports, are those which have collapsed the most with only 71.5% of the number of passengers in 2019. Transverse connections – between provincial airports – are doing better, but remain largely in decline. withdrawal from 2019 (81.3%).
On the other hand, international traffic exceeded its 2019 level, driven by trips between France and America, those to other countries of the European Union and especially to Africa, with 24.1% of passengers in more than five years ago. On the other hand, travel to Asia-Pacific remains lower than in 2019 with only 87.4% of the number of passengers five years ago.
The most popular destinations were Spain and Italy with 17.1 million and 14.4 million travelers respectively. This is 12.1% more than in 2019 for Spain and 15.6% for Italy.
-Turkey also experienced strong growth with 37.9% more travelers in five years. Connections from France to the Maghreb have also far exceeded pre-pandemic levels with +35% for Morocco, +26.6% for Algeria and +22.6% for Tunisia.
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