Based on data released by Eurostat, intra-European Union (EU) traffic accounted for over 4.9 million travellers, while extra-EU volumes soared to close to 2.4 million.

Among the EU’s main hubs, Larnaka International Airport gained the 60th place with 5.2 million flyers, up 7.9 percent year-on-year.

All in all, in 2014, some 879.4 million passengers travelled by air in the EU, an increase of 4.4 percent compared to 2013, and 16.9 percent versus 2009.