Airline passenger numbers soar 6.9% to 4.4b in 2018
Airlines around the world carried US4.4b passengers on scheduled services in 2018, an increase of 6.9% over 2017, representing an additional 284m trips by air, according to figures released by IATA. Showing that global air connectivity continues to become more accessible and more efficient, the IATA World Air Transport Statistics confirmed that record efficiency was achieved with 81.9% of available seats being filled, fuel efficiency improved by more than 12% compared to 2010 while 22,000 city pairs are now connected by direct flights, up 1,300 over 2017 and double the 10,250 city pairs connected in 1998. Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region once again carried the largest number of passengers systemwide, with a market share of 37.1, or 1.6b passengers, an increase of 9.2% compared to 2017, the report noted. <br/>
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Airline passenger numbers soar 6.9% to 4.4b in 2018
Airlines around the world carried US4.4b passengers on scheduled services in 2018, an increase of 6.9% over 2017, representing an additional 284m trips by air, according to figures released by IATA. Showing that global air connectivity continues to become more accessible and more efficient, the IATA World Air Transport Statistics confirmed that record efficiency was achieved with 81.9% of available seats being filled, fuel efficiency improved by more than 12% compared to 2010 while 22,000 city pairs are now connected by direct flights, up 1,300 over 2017 and double the 10,250 city pairs connected in 1998. Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region once again carried the largest number of passengers systemwide, with a market share of 37.1, or 1.6b passengers, an increase of 9.2% compared to 2017, the report noted. <br/>
