Brussels, 02/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - The total number of passengers transported by air fell by 6% in the EU27 in 2009 compared with 2008, showing the impact of the economic crisis. The EU's official statistical office (Eurostat) released these most recent statistics on Monday 31 January. According to Eurostat, this is the first fall recorded in the EU since 2002, when air traffic was reduced due to the effect of 11 September 2001. The number of passengers decreased by 8% on intra-EU...