Air traffic over the Czech Republic grows by eight per cent in 2025

Airspace over the Czech Republic was busier in 2025 than it had been for years. With almost 770,000 flight movements, air traffic recorded a clear increase compared with the previous year.

Air traffic in the airspace over the Czech Republic grew significantly in 2025. According to the Czech air navigation service provider (ANS CR), a total of 769,039 flight movements were recorded last year – an increase of eight per cent year on year. This continued the sustained interest of international airlines in using Czech airspace.

The busiest month was, as usual, July, with almost 85,000 flight movements. The highest daily figure was recorded on Monday, 28 July 2025, when 2,907 movements passed through Czech airspace. Over the year as a whole, the average daily number of flight movements stood at 2,107. The largest customer in 2025 was the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair, followed by Wizz Air and Lufthansa.

According to ANS CR, all performance targets set by the European Commission were fully met. Sufficient capacity was made available for airlines, with summer-season capacity increased by twelve per cent compared with the previous year. The average delay was 0.09 minutes per flight, well below the target value of 0.19 minutes set for the Czech Republic.

At the same time, the Czech air navigation service provider took over part of the traffic from heavily congested airspaces in Germany and Austria, thereby contributing to relief and capacity increases within European air traffic management.

“Once again, 2025 has shown that we are capable in the long term of coping with rising demands for capacity and service quality,” said Jan Klas, Director General of the company. Even during the exceptionally busy summer season, delays were kept within the intended limits. Looking ahead to 2026, the organisation sees itself as well prepared in terms of staffing, technology and capacity for a further expected increase in traffic.