Air passenger transport in the EU28 - Record number of air passengers carried at more than 840 million in 2013 - London/Heathrow continued to be the busiest passenger airport

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Air passenger transport in the EU28

Record number of air passengers carried at more than 840 million in 2013

London/Heathrow continued to be the busiest passenger airport

In 2013, 842 million passengers travelled by air in the EU28, a rise of 1.7% compared with 2012. Looking back over a longer period, air passenger transport fell to 753 million passengers in 2009 following the financial crisis. Since then it has steadily risen.

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STAT/14/2346

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