Air journey has recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly a billion passengers within the EU alone in 2023. Which airport, nonetheless, welcomed essentially the most?
Europeans take extra flights exterior the EU than inside the continent or domestically.
The newest Eurostat report on air journey reveals that in 2023, 49% of passengers traveled to nations exterior the EU, in comparison with 36% inside the bloc and simply 15% nationally.
The information reveals that Paris Charles de Gaulle is the busiest airport within the EU – with 67 million passengers served final 12 months – adopted by Amsterdam’s Schiphol with 62 million and Madrid’s Barajas with 60 million.
London Heathrow, then again, was the busiest in Europe because it was utilized by 79 million passengers.
With 973 million passengers set to fly into or out of the EU in 2023, the bloc’s aviation sector seems to have recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The variety of passengers grew in each single EU member state – specifically in Malta (+33.3%), Slovenia (+30.9%) and the Czech Republic (+29.4%) – with a median improve by 19% throughout the EU in comparison with 2022.
Other European nations recorded even increased will increase: +47% in North Macedonia and +38% in Serbia.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of journeys taken by EU passengers exterior the EU have been to different European nations (57.1%).
When it involves journey exterior the continent, North America was essentially the most favored vacation spot (11.1%), adopted by Western Asia (9.4%), North Africa (8.8%) and South America ( 3.1%).
Video editor • Mert Can Yilmaz
