Iata freight performance figures: Leading trio goes from strength to strength

摘要

«Commercial aviation began 100 years ago with one single aircraft. Last year the industry transported more than 3 billion passengers and nigh-on 48 million t of freight on close to 100,000 flights a day.» With these words Tony Tyler, the president and director general of the global aviation association, put the industry's performance today in a historical and economic context, on the occasion of the publication of the 58th annual edition of the World Air Transport Statistics in mid-August in Montreal. The bottom line is that the global aviation industry contributed an estimated USD 2,400 billion to the world economy and accounted for 3.4% of global GDP. One third of all internationally-traded goods (by value) are transported by air. A glance at a ranking of all-cargo carriers by volume allows us to come to some interesting conclusions.