Flying high: What are Europe's fastest-growing airports?

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00:00Which airports are the busiest in Europe?

00:08There's one airport in Europe that handles as many passengers as the entire population of

00:13Germany in a single year. And that's London Heathrow. Brexit clearly hasn't dulled traffic

00:20there. 2024 saw a record 84 million passengers and growth continued through 2025. Paris'

00:28Charles de Gaulle was second with 70 million travelers, followed closely by Amsterdam

00:33Hippol and Madrid Barajas. For the aviation industry, 2024 was a blockbuster year with more

00:40than 1 billion passengers across the EU alone, and 2025 is shaping up to be even better.

00:48In the first half, passenger volumes across most of Europe grew by 4.3%.

00:54The fastest growing region, Central Europe, plus 19% in Slovakia, 15% in Poland, 14% in Hungary.

01:05And outside the EU, the numbers are even more striking,

01:09plus 49% in Moldova and 31% in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Medium-sized airports are leading the growth,

01:17with Trieste in Italy and Bournemouth in the UK at the top, while Rome-Fiumicino saw the biggest rise

01:24rise among the continent's major hubs, plus 6.5%.

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