He also noted that take-offs and landings rose by 6.7% and load factor averaged at 81.3%.

Hungarian-owned low-cost airline Wizz Air was the biggest carrier in the period, followed by Ryanair, Lufthansa, easyJet, Norwegian, Germanwings, Air France, KLM, British Airways and Turkish Airlines.

London was the top destination, followed by Paris, Brussels, Frankfurt, Rome, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Milan, Munich and Moscow.