The Airports Council International (ACI) Europe has reported an 8% increase in passenger traffic across the European airport network in April, compared with the same period last year.

EU airports experienced an average increase of 7.4%, while passenger traffic at non-EU airports increased by 10%, compared with the same month in 2013.

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Aircraft movements across the whole of Europe increased by 2% in April, while freight traffic witnessed a modest rise of 3%.

"Aircraft movements across the whole of Europe increased by 2% in April, while freight traffic witnessed a rise increase of 3%."

Airports are classified according to the number of passengers they welcome each year; Group 1 signifies more than 25 million passengers, Group 2 between ten and 25 million, Group 3 between five and ten million and Group 4 indicates fewer than five million annual passengers.

Group 1 airports that reported the highest increase in passenger increase include London Gatwick Airport, Istanbul Atatürk Airport and Barcelona Airport.

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Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, Tel Aviv and Athens International Airport are among the airports in Group 2 with the highest increase in traffic.

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Group 3 airports that witnessed the highest increases in traffic include Heraklion, Lanzarote, Faro, Birmingham and Catania.

Montichiari, Santorini, Chania, Belgrade and Chambery are among the airports in Group 4 that saw an increase in passenger traffic, with Montichiari and Santorini reporting a signifcant rise of 1,097.1% and 55.8% respectively.

ACI revealed that the Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4 airports reported an average adjusted passenger traffic rise of 7%, 11.4% and 4.6% and 7.5% respectively, compared with April 2013.