Eurostat, 14.05.2012
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.
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