Summer air travel from the U.S. to Europe has further declined in the past couple of months, according to a data analysis by Cirium.
Cirium examined bookings made between Oct. 7 of last year and March 14 for flights this July, comparing the results to bookings during the same dates a year earlier. It found that bookings from U.S. to Europe were down 11.2%.
Earlier this year, Cirium did a similar analysis for July bookings made through the end of January, finding that flight reservations from the U.S. to Europe had fallen 7.3%. So things have worsened.
Major European cities with the weakest year-over-year comparisons for air travel from the U.S. were Frankfurt (down 26.8%), Athens (down 19.9%) and Dublin (down 12.4%). London, Munich and Milan each are down approximately 11%. Barcelona (8.3%), Paris (7.8%), Amsterdam (7.3%), Rome (6.2%) and Madrid (5.7%) are also down.
For transatlantic travel to the U.S. from Europe, the decline is steeper. July bookings from the U.S. to Europe were down 15.3% year-over year as of March 14 compared to having been down 14.2% as of Jan. 31.
The data is from third-party channels, primarily OTAs and GDSs, and does not include direct airline bookings.
Cirium data also shows that even World Cup host cities could see a decline in visitation. For June, which is the month when most World Cup matches will be played, bookings as of March 14 were down 6.7% from Europe to the 11 U.S. host cities. Bookings were down 6.4% to the three World Cup cities in Mexico and down 1.5% to the Canadian host cities.