A total of 17,750,528 passengers were handled at Václav Havel Airport Prague in 2025. This is an 8.5% increase year-on-year and above-average growth in the European context. The number of passengers handled by Prague Airport has reached its previously set operating record. Last year, the airport, working with air carriers, launched routes to 19 new destinations.
"The year 2025 was not easy in terms of the development of air connections. This goal was complicated by several external factors that could not be predicted and which we as an airport cannot influence, including the ongoing unstable geopolitical situation in the world, delayed deliveries of new aircraft, and technical problems with some recently delivered aircraft. These factors had an undeniable impact on the airport’s operational performance. Nevertheless, with almost 17.8 million handled passengers, we virtually matched the operational record from 2019,” Jiřà Pos, Chairman of the Prague Airport Board of Directors, said, adding: “Compared to 2019, 7% fewer aircraft movements were performed at our airport. Carriers are using larger aircraft and achieving higher load factors, which is an important trend that also reduces the burden on the environment.” Last year, a total of 140,545 aircraft take-offs and landings took place at Prague Airport.
Between 2024 and 2025, Prague Airport recorded an increase in the number of handled passengers of 8.5%, which is above the European average. According to the international airport association of Airports Council International, last year’s average growth in the European Union equalled 4.5%. Compared to the historical record year 2019, excluding passengers on the then served routes to Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, there were 9% more passengers handled at Prague Airport in 2025.
In cooperation with airlines, Prague Airport launched operation of 19 new destinations in 2025, the most significant of which being new long-haul connections. Etihad Airways launched a regular route to Abu Dhabi, Air Arabia resumed regular flights to Sharjah at the end of the year after a six-year pause, and Air Canada’s seasonal route to Toronto was also started. At the same time, 17 new routes to already served destinations were introduced. The arrival of Asiana Airlines at Prague Airport meant an increase in the number of flights to Seoul, which is now served daily. The same applies to the connection with Frankfurt am Main, on which the recently joined carrier – Condor – significantly boosted competition. Over the past year, on more than 70 existing routes there were frequency or seat capacity increases recorded.
London was the busiest regular connection last year in terms of the number of passengers carried, despite a slight year-on-year decrease of 3%. In total, over 1.3 million passengers used flights between Prague and London in 2025. Additional busy connections in 2025 include routes to Paris (total 730 thousand passengers, year-on-year increase of 1%), Amsterdam (657 thousand passengers, year-on-year increase of 1%), Istanbul (587.5 thousand passengers, year-on-year increase of 23%), and Frankfurt am Main (536 thousand passengers, year-on-year increase of 22%).
Regarding individual countries, the most passengers used connections with Great Britain (over 2.2 million passengers, 6% more year-on-year, 16 destinations in 2025), Italy (just under 1.9 million passengers, 2% less year-on-year, 22 destinations in 2025), and Spain (almost 1.8 million passengers, 9% more year-on-year, 18 destinations in 2025) last year.
A total of 84 airlines operated at Václav Havel Airport Prague last year, offering connections to 194 destinations. Ryanair, Smartwings, easyJet, Wizz Air, and Lufthansa were the carriers which transported the greatest number of passengers last year. The share of low-cost carriers in the number of handled passengers reached 45% in 2025. The share of foreign passengers increased; last year it was 58.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points more than the previous year.
For this year, Prague Airport has confirmed connections to a total of 195 destinations, with individual routes being provided by 85 carriers. According to the current outlook, up to 18.9 million passengers are to pass through the gates of Václav Havel Airport Prague in 2026.
Confirmed 2026 new destinations:
- New American Airlines route to Philadelphia (daily from 21 May 2026)
- New Eurowings route to Ibiza (once weekly from 1 June 2026)
- New Eurowings route to Brindisi (once weekly from 3 June 2026)
- New Eurowings route to Faro (once weekly from 16 June 2026)
- New AJet route to Bodrum (once weekly from 29 June 2026)
Confirmed 2026 new routes to already served destinations:
- New Wizz Air route to Chisinau (four times weekly from 3 March 2026)
- New easyJet route to Newcastle (twice weekly from 2 August 2026)
Confirmed 2026 new carrier at Václav Havel Airport Prague:
- New American Airlines route to Philadelphia (daily from 21 May 2026)
