EU AIR TRAFFIC RISES IN ALL MEMBER STATES, SAYS EUROSTAT
December 1st, 2016
EUROPEAN Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat has released comprehensive EU-wide air passenger data revealing increases in traffic in all 28 EU member states. Overall, 918.3 million passenger flights were undertaken in the EU in 2015, up 4.7% on 2014, and 22% compared to 2009. Nationally, the UK had most air passenger movements – 232 million in 2015; compared to 194 million in Germany; Spain, 175 million; France 141 million; and Italy 128 million. The largest year-on-year increases were in Slovakia (+16.3%) and Romania (+15.3%), with lowest increases in ...
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