{"id":120462,"date":"2018-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/over-1-billion-passengers-traveled-by-plane-in-the-eu-in-2017\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:04:23","slug":"over-1-billion-passengers-traveled-by-plane-in-the-eu-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/over-1-billion-passengers-traveled-by-plane-in-the-eu-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1 billion passengers traveled by plane in the EU in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>1.043 billion passengers traveled by plane in the European Union in 2017, of which 17.935 million were in Romania, approximately 71 million, or 7.3%, more than in 2016 and 39% more than in 2009, according to data published by Eurostat.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Among member states, the highest percentage increases in the number of air passengers were recorded in Slovakia (20%), Luxembourg, Estonia, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic (all with 19% increases), and Romania (18.4% increase).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The busiest airport in the European Union remained London&#8217;s Heathrow with 78 million passengers, a slight increase of 3% compared to 2016, followed by Paris&#8217;s Charles de Gaulle with 69 million passengers and a 5% increase, Amsterdam&#8217;s Schiphol with 68 million passengers and an 8% increase, Frankfurt airport with 64 million passengers and a 6% increase, and Madrid&#8217;s Barajas airport with 52 million passengers and a 6% increase.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Henri Coanda Airport in Bucharest ranks only 37th in the list of the busiest airports in the EU with 12.8 million passengers in 2017, a 16.6% increase compared to 2016, being surpassed by Budapest International Airport, which ranks 33rd with 13.03 million passengers, or Warsaw International Airport, which ranks 28th with 15.7 million passengers in 2017, an increase of 22.7% compared to 2016.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wall-street.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Wall-Street<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How many air passengers were in the EU in 2017?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, a record 1.043 billion passengers traveled by air within the European Union, a 7.3% increase from the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which was the busiest airport in the EU in 2017?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>London Heathrow remained the busiest airport with 78 million passengers, followed by Paris Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam Schiphol.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did Bucharest&#8217;s Henri Coanda Airport rank in 2017?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Henri Coanda Airport ranked 37th in the EU with 12.8 million passengers, showing a significant growth of 16.6% compared to 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.043 billion passengers traveled by plane in the European Union in 2017, of which 17.935 million were in Romania, approximately 71 million, or 7.3%, more than in 2016 and 39% more than in 2009, according to data published by Eurostat. Among member states, the highest percentage increases in the number of air passengers were recorded&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120462"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}