UK and Ireland plunge down the list of Europe's biggest domestic markets; Russia and Turkey advance

Turkey and Russia are rising up the rankings of Europe's biggest domestic air travel markets this summer, thanks to strong increases in planned airline capacity. Reflecting capacity cutbacks and a weak economic environment, the UK has tumbled two places to now rank as Europe's sixth largest domestic air market, behind Spain (1), Italy (2), Germany (3) and now France (4) and Russia (5).