By Guy Taylor Stansted Airport reported record passenger numbers in December, continuing a post-Covid resurgence that saw it become the first major UK hub to beat pre-pandemic levels last summer. Some 2m passengers passed through the hub last month, a 12 per cent increase year-on-year and the busiest ever December recorded at the airport It means total traffic reached nigh on 28m in 2023, up a fifth on the prior year and the third busiest annual total ever recorded at the Essex hub. Gareth Powell, London Stansted’s managing director, said: “To end the year with another strong performance in De…