Challenges for Air Transport Providers in Czech Republic and Poland

Table 1

Number of air passengers in the period 2004–2016 in five selected European countries (source: own elaboration on the basis of the Eurostat data).

Country	Year
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Mean
Austria	18 700 556	20 016 059	21 081 247	23 098 068	24 089 381	22 009 610	23 704 171	25 284 604	26 082 777	25 827 030	26 566 052	26 981 962	27 382 263	23 909 521
Belgium	17 570 003	17 916 933	19 292 959	21 018 179	22 340 256	21 716 376	23 040 467	25 392 544	26 176 243	26 599 120	29 100 994	31 353 123	30 207 135	23 978 794
Czech Republic	10 153 848	11 366 681	12 329 375	13 266 743	13 643 795	12 571 098	12 427 085	12 824 895	11 927 281	12 027 537	12 210 556	12 957 296	13 830 127	12 425 870
Finland	11 700 311	12 224 922	13 330 288	14 428 108	14 848 534	13 828 492	14 273 836	16 448 435	16 514 915	16 606 783	17 211 934	17 475 353	18 097 108	15 153 001
Poland	6 091 643	7 080 176	13 546 393	17 154 688	18 729 811	17 092 396	18 433 984	20 676 295	21 871 076	23 298 404	25 743 021	28 974 650	32 341 649	19 310 322