December 6 (SeeNews) - Croatia posted the sharpest annual increase in air passenger numbers among EU member states in Southeast Europe in 2018 - of 10.0%, the EU's statistical service Eurostat said on Friday.
Croatian airports handled a total of 9.7 million passengers in 2018, Eurostat said in a statement.
Overall in the EU, the number of air passengers rose by 6.0% to 1.1 billion in 2018.
Details on air passengers in EU member states in SEE in 2018 follow:
| |
Passengers ( in 1,000) |
pct change |
| Bulgaria |
12,138 |
9.4% |
| Croatia |
9,731 |
10.0% |
| Romania |
19,317 |
7.7% |
| Slovenia |
1,811 |
7.6% |
| Greece |
54,259 |
8.1% |
| EU |
1,105,937 |
6.0% |
source: Eurostat