Air passenger transport in Europe in 2007

The total number of passengers transported by air to, from or within the EU-27 Member States in the year 2007 grew to 793 million. This represented a growth of 7.3% compared with 2006. All Member States recorded increases in the number of air passengers and the strongest growth was once again observed in some of the Central and Eastern European states. The highest growth was recorded by Romania (41%). All Candidate and EFTA countries reporting data for 2007 also showed an increase in the amount of passengers carried compared with 2006. The top ranked airport in terms of passengers handled was London/Heathrow with 67.9 million passengers. Paris/Charles de Gaulle and Frankfurt/Main maintained second and third places respectively whilst Madrid/Barajas overtook Amsterdam/Schiphol in fourth position. The individual route with the largest number of passengers remains that between Madrid/Barajas and Barcelona (more than 4.6 million passengers), followed by London/Heathrow and New York/JFK (2.8 million) and Roma/Fiumicino and Milano/Linate (2.5 million).