{"id":4680,"date":"2024-12-12T08:25:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T08:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/?p=4680"},"modified":"2024-12-12T08:28:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T08:28:44","slug":"eurostat-publishes-air-passenger-numbers-increase-by-almost-a-quarter-by-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/?p=4680&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"EUROSTAT publishes Air passenger numbers increase by almost a quarter by 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4680\" class=\"elementor elementor-4680\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c899d28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c899d28\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4b60d8\" data-id=\"e4b60d8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa93cfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa93cfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/indoor-2594469_1280-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4681\" alt=\"EUROSTAT publishes Air passenger numbers increase by almost a quarter by 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/indoor-2594469_1280-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/indoor-2594469_1280-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/indoor-2594469_1280-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/excelcan.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/indoor-2594469_1280-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f25a779 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f25a779\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2023, the total number of passengers travelling by air in the EU was 973 million, 19.3% more than in 2022 (816 million).<\/p><p>The data show that in 2023, all EU countries recorded an increase in the number of passengers carried by air compared to 2022. Passengers carried are passengers on a particular flight counted only once and not repeatedly on each individual leg of that flight. Excludes direct transit passengers. Malta (+33.3%), Slovenia (+30.9%) and the Czech Republic (+29.4%) recorded the highest increases, while the lowest increases were recorded in Estonia (+7.9%), Greece (+9.6%) and Lithuania (+12.3%).<\/p><p><strong>Small decline in air freight and mail transport by air<\/strong> <br \/>However, total air freight and mail transport in the EU fell by 5.2% in 2023 compared to 2022. Domestic, intra-EU and extra-EU transport recorded declines, -4.1%, -5.0% and -5.3%, respectively.<\/p><p>At national level, the decrease was recorded in Slovakia (-38.6%), followed by Estonia (-22.6%) and Luxembourg (-18.0%), while the highest increase was recorded in Spain (+17.9), Malta (+17.6%) and Finland (+9.0%).<\/p><p><strong>The top 5 airports recorded significant increases in passenger numbers.<\/strong><br \/>In 2023, the top five EU airports remained the same as in 2022, but all recorded significant increases. Paris\/Charles de Gaulle recorded 67.4 million passengers carried (+17.3%), Amsterdam\/Schiphol 61.9 million passengers (+17.9%), Madrid\/Barajas 60.1 million (+20.4%), Frankfurt\/Main 59.3 million (+21.5%) and Barcelona\/El Prat recorded 49.8 million (+20.6%).<\/p><p>Rome\/Fiumicino ranks sixth with 40.3 million passengers transported, but is the airport with the highest increase among the top 10 (+38.2%). Paris-Orly drops from eighth to tenth place, recording the smallest percentage increase in the number of passengers carried in 2023 compared to 2022 (+10.6%).<\/p><p>More information <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/web\/products-eurostat-news\/w\/ddn-20241206-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EUROSTAT<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89fa417 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"89fa417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/web\/products-eurostat-news\/w\/ddn-20241206-1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PUBLICATION<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023, the total number of passengers travelling by air in the EU was 973 million, 19.3% more than in 2022 (816 million). The data show that in 2023, all EU countries recorded an increase in the number of passengers carried by air compared to 2022. 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