Cellmax Ret Software Engineering. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Main statistical findings Development of air passenger transport at EU level In the course of 2015 and 2016, the upward trend already observed in passenger transport by air for previous years was confirmed at level, an increase of 4.7% was recorded between 2014 and 2015 and the figures for 2016 indicate a year-on-year rise of 5.9% compared with 2015 - see Table 1. In 2016, international intra-EU transport represented around 47% of all passengers carried at EU28 level, followed by extra-EU transport (around 36%) and national transport (around 17%) - see Figure 1. Figure 2 shows that all the months of 2015 displayed an increase on the previous year (ranging from +2.9% in April to +5.9% in March). All the months of 2016 showed rises compared with the same period of 2015, the largest rise taking place in December (+11.4% compared with the corresponding month of 2015). Air passenger transport at country level Analysing passenger transport at country level generally confirms the upward trend observed in 2015 and 2016 at EU-28 level, although transport development varies significantly depending on the country considered. For 2016, 26 out of the 28 Member States and all extra-EU reporting countries (except Turkey) showed an increase in passenger volumes compared with 2015. Particularly remarkable is the growth observed for Bulgaria (+23%), Romania (+20%) and Cyprus (+18%) among the EU Member States.