European air traffic recovering, but fresh air pax taxes is the last thing European aviation needs

Brussels, 4 November 2010: The overall passenger traffic at European airports increased by +7.8% in September 2010 compared with September 2009. The overall freight traffic among European airports increased +17.7% in September 2010 when compared with the corresponding month in 2009. The overall figure for movements at European airports increased +3.3% in September 2010 when compared with September 2009.