Air transport recovers in 2010 - Issue number 21/2012 - Products Statistics in Focus

Remains vulnerable to unforeseen events

Following the economic crisis which began in 2008 and the first positive signs at the end of 2009, 2010 confirmed the recovery of the air transport industry: between 2009 and 2010, the total number of passengers travelling by air in the European Union increased by 3.4 % to 777 million.