EUROCONTROL has released a short-term forecast, showing that 9.5 million flights are expected in the network this year (85% of 2019 levels), despite the impact of the invasion of Ukraine and global economic challenges. This traffic forecast, which covers the period until the end of 2024, updates the previous forecast prepared in October 2021. It is based on: • recent European traffic trends (until April 2022), • the latest available economic forecast (Oxford Economics, May 2022), • a revision of the existing three scenarios accounting for COVID-19 impact and timing of recovery and the impact of Ukraine’s invasion by Russia; • no re-opening of the routes currently closed because of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. (....)