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1m more fly to Italy
20 April 2006
Italy is the fastest growing destination for UK travellers to fly to.
New figures from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) show one million more passengers headed to Italy an increase of 11 per cent.
Other countries that are becoming increasingly popular are Ireland and Poland where passenger numbers were up 0.9 million and 0.8 million respectively.
UK airports handled 229 million passengers last year an increase of six per cent - with the biggest growing airports being Luton and Gatwick - up 1.6 million and 1.3 million passengers respectively.
The most popular region to fly to from the UK was Europe, with 129 million passengers heading to the continent an increase of eight million.
The next most popular destinations were other UK airports and North America.
There were 26 million passengers on UK domestic flights, up by four per cent, and 22 million North America passengers, an increase of three per cent.
© Adfero Ltd
New figures from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) show one million more passengers headed to Italy an increase of 11 per cent.
Other countries that are becoming increasingly popular are Ireland and Poland where passenger numbers were up 0.9 million and 0.8 million respectively.
UK airports handled 229 million passengers last year an increase of six per cent - with the biggest growing airports being Luton and Gatwick - up 1.6 million and 1.3 million passengers respectively.
The most popular region to fly to from the UK was Europe, with 129 million passengers heading to the continent an increase of eight million.
The next most popular destinations were other UK airports and North America.
There were 26 million passengers on UK domestic flights, up by four per cent, and 22 million North America passengers, an increase of three per cent.
© Adfero Ltd
