Europe saw a “clear second dive” in traffic in November with business aviation operations falling 26 percent year-over-year as lockdown measures strengthened in various European states, according to the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA).

In its recently released November Traffic Tracker Europe, EBAA reported that business aviation operations in Europe were down 24 percent cumulatively over the past year, with the worst periods between March and June and peaking at a 76 percent year-over-year plunge in April. In the third quarter, however, traffic appeared to rebound to just 0.7 percent down year-over-year in August.

But traffic numbers have slid each month since and jumped from a 16.6 percent dip in October to 25.7 percent in November. The trends have not been uniform throughout Europe, EBAA noted. The Spanish market appears to be recovering since September, when it declined by 32 percent year-over-year, to down 11 percent in November. In Italy, though, traffic has eroded from just 2 percent down in September to 36 percent off in November. In the UK traffic had improved to just a 7 percent year-over-year slide by August but had dropped 44 percent in November. EBAA added that traffic figures in the UK and Italy were well below the European average.

Heavy aircraft, and airports that typically cater to them, have experienced traffic decreases below the average in Europe, EBAA said, adding this has been a consistent trend since the crises began. Also, cross-border connections have slowed. EBAA’s traffic report is based on Eurocontrol data with WingX support.