Britons fuelled record numbers of plane journeys in Europe last year, figures show. Passengers made more than 1.1billion plane trips in the EU in 2018 – up 6 per cent on 2017 and 43 per cent since 2010. Passengers made more than 1.1billion plane trips in the EU in 2018 – up 6 per cent on 2017. The data was released by the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat yesterday [File photo]Of these, 167,477 were to other EU countries while 81,053 were to non-EU destinations. The data, released by the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat yesterday, also revealed that Heathrow was Europe’s busiest airport, with 80million passengers.

Source: Daily Mail December 06, 2019 22:05 UTC