July 25, 2019, Aviation’s busiest day in history
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
The date won’t go down in history only as the hottest day ever in the UK, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and The Netherlands. July 25, 2019, also saw more than 230 thousand flights cruise through the sky all around the globe: Aviation’s busiest day in history.
The real-time flight-tracking website, Flightradar24, stated that they had tracked 225 thousand flights on Wednesday 24 and that they expected the following days to be even busier. A couple of days later, they confirmed their expectations and tweeted that on Thursday they had tracked the whopping total of 230 thousand flights!
Following Wednesday’s 225,000 flight day, yesterday we tracked 230,000 flights. Possible today will be even busier.
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) July 26, 2019
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All the flights in the world are tracked by Flightradar24. However, sensitive flights are not followed. For example, military flights. Every other single flight is covered, even helicopters, hot air balloons, private jets and even weather balloons.
Ian Petchenik, media and community relations manager at Flightradar24, said that this record could easily be broken in August since late July and the whole month of August are oftentimes the busiest time in aviation.
How many flights are operated in a day, worldwide?
The average number of flights a day worldwide is 102,465.
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More or less 10 to 15% of those flights are operated within, to or from Europe. Your passenger rights are covered when it comes to flying with European airlines or if you’re flying from Europe with a non-EU carrier. If your flight has been delayed or cancelled and, therefore, you’ve arrived at your final destination with a delay greater than 3 hours, you can claim compensation for your troubles. You can submit your claim with us and we’ll make sure to hold the airline accountable. Best of all, our 25% win fee will cover absolutely everything! You only have to pay it if we succeed at claiming your compensation, so no costs upfront. Exercise your rights!
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