13-05-2025
Transatlantic summer travel set to cool, booking trends show
Transatlantic travel is set to cool substantially this summer, with demand from both sides of the Atlantic down near double digits, based on a sampling of booking data compiled by aviation analytics company Cirium.
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Bookings from North America to Europe have declined by almost 10% for the months of June, July and August compared with the same period last year, Cirium said.
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While they aren't comprehensive — they represent a small sample of sales to popular destinations — they suggest what many airlines alluded to in a spate of earnings recently: that transatlantic air travel is slowing under the combined weight of market instability, an ongoing trade war and stricter policing at US borders.
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Among the European cities with the sharpest decline in travel bookings are Munich, Amsterdam, Athens and Rome. Lisbon is the only one of the continent's major cities set to record an uplift.
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