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Movements for Friday 17th April 2026 – data from FR24/Flightaware

Cancellations – Frankfurt 6 (LH942/LH943/LH946/LH947/LH948/LH949), Munich 2 (LH2500/LH2501) Total 8

Diversions –

Arrivals – 296
Departures – 297
Total Movements – 593

Notes : Good to see that on Wednesday Qatar was back to 3 flights.

For comparison the highest daily movement that I have recorded since 1st August 2021 was 691 on Monday 2nd September 2024

Movements per operator: Aer Lingus 6, Aer Lingus Regional 16, Air France 8, airBaltic/Swiss 4, Atlantic Air Solutions 1, Aurigny 4, British Airways 14, Brussels 4, Cathay Pacific 2, Corendon 2, easyJet 119, Egyptair 2, Emirates 4, Ethiopian 2, Etihad 4, Eurowings 8, Fedex 1, Finnair 4, GlobeAir 2, Hainan 2, IAS Medical 2, Icelandair 2, Indigo 2, ITA Airways/easyJet 2, Jet2 63, Juneyao Air 2, KLM 12, Lauda Europe/Ryanair 2, Loganair 24, Lufthansa City 4, Luxair 2, NetJets UK 2, Norwegian 10, Pegasus 4, Qatar 4, Royal Air Maroc 2, Ryanair 166, SAS 10, Saudia 2, SaxonAir 1, Silver Aviation 3, Singapore 2, Sun Express 4, Swiss 2, TAP Express 2, TUI 31, Turkish 8, Virgin Atlantic 8, Vueling 4, Private 2​

Air Transport Movements: 580
Miscellaneous Movements: 13
Total Movements: 593

Expected Air Transport Movements according to ACL Report: 618

 

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Movements for Saturday 18th April 2026 – data from FR24/Flightaware

Cancellations – Milan Linate (U25419) - Total 1

Diversions –

Arrivals – 257
Departures – 260
Total Movements – 517

Notes : TUI B737 D-ABKM returned to Frankfurt after its visit to the STS hangar.

For comparison the highest daily movement that I have recorded since 1st August 2021 was 691 on Monday 2nd September 2024

Movements per operator: 2Excel 1, Aegean 2, Aer Lingus 6, Aer Lingus Regional 16, Air France 4, Atlantic Air Solutions 2, Aurigny 4, British Airways 10, Brussels 3, Cathay Pacific 2, Corendon 2, easyJet 95, Egyptair 2, Emirates 4, Ethiopian 2, Etihad 4, Finnair 4, Hainan 2, Helvetic/Swiss 4, Iberia Express 2, Icelandair 2, Indigo 2, ITA Airways/easyJet 1, Jet2 67, KLM 10, Lauda Europe/Ryanair 4, Loganair 16, Lufthansa 8, Lufthansa City 3, Pakistan International 2, Pegasus 4, Qatar 6, Ryanair 160, SAS 4, Saudia 2, SaxonAir 3, SD Aviation 1, Singapore 2, Sun Express 4, Swiss 2, TAP Air Portugal 2, TUI 21, Turkish 6, Virgin Atlantic 8, Vueling 4, Private 2​

Air Transport Movements: 508
Miscellaneous Movements: 9
Total Movements: 517

Expected Air Transport Movements according to ACL Report: 531

Movements for Sunday 19th April 2026 – data from FR24/Flightaware

Cancellations – 0

Diversions – 0

Arrivals – 302
Departures – 301
Total Movements – 603

Notes :

For comparison the highest daily movement that I have recorded since 1st August 2021 was 691 on Monday 2nd September 2024

Movements per operator: 247 Aviation 2, 2Excel 1, Aer Lingus 6, Aer Lingus Regional 16, Air France 8, Air Transat 2, Aurigny 4, BinAir 2, British Airways 12, Brussels 1, Buzz/Ryanair 2, Cathay Pacific 2, CityFlyer/Briritish Airways 2, Corendon 2, easyJet 127, Egyptair 2, Emirates 4, Ethiopian 2, Etihad 4, Eurowings 4, Finnair 4, Hainan 2, Helvetic/Swiss 4, Icelandair 2, Indigo 2, ITA Airways 1, Jet2 73, KLM 12, Loganair 22, Lufthansa 8, Lufthansa City 3, Luminair 1, Luxair 2, NetJets Europe 4, Norwegian 4, Pegasus 4, Qatar 4, Royal Air Maroc 2, Ryanair 166, SAS 10, Saudia 2, SD Aviation 1, Silver Aviation 5, Singapore 2, Sun Express 2, Swiss 2, TAP Express 2, TUI 25, Turkish 8, Virgin Atlantic 8, VistaJet 6, Vueling 2, Private 3​

Air Transport Movements: 577
Miscellaneous Movements: 26
Total Movements: 603

Expected Air Transport Movements according to ACL Report: 602