Frequent Business Traveler: U.S. Had One-Third of All Global Flights in 2014
Aug 30, 2015, 6:19 am
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Frequent Business Traveler: U.S. Had One-Third of All Global Flights in 2014
Until I read this, I had no idea that the difference between the number one spot (the U.S.) and the number 2 spot (currently China) was so great.
It will be interesting to see if the U.S. figures continue the downward trend or stabilize in the next few years.
U.S. Had One-Third of All Global Flights in 2014
Above appeared in FBT, where I serve as ed.dir.
It will be interesting to see if the U.S. figures continue the downward trend or stabilize in the next few years.
U.S. Had One-Third of All Global Flights in 2014
The United States once again led in the number of commercial flights taking off on its soil in 2014, according to figures released by the World DataBank and the International Civil Aviation Organization, with 9.6 million flights. It has held the top position since ICAO began keeping track although the number of flights has declined slightly since hitting a high of 10.1 million in 2011.
A total of 36 million flights took off in 2014, or about 100,000 departures per day, and roughly one-third of them originated in America....
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A total of 36 million flights took off in 2014, or about 100,000 departures per day, and roughly one-third of them originated in America....
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Sep 17, 2015, 1:36 pm
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"taking off on its soil" - so smaller planes in US
9.6 US
3.4 CN
26.3% europe
25.3.% north america
7.7% latin america caribbean
5.2% middle east
2.3% africa
Delta Air Lines (129.4m)
Southwest Airlines (129.1m)
China Southern Airlines (100.7m)
Hong Kong-Taipei (5.1m, up 4% from 2013)
Jakarta-Singapore (3.5m +1.4%)
Hong Kong-Singapore (2.8m +7.8%)
Hong Kong-Shanghai (2.7m + 5.9%)
Hong Kong-Seoul (2.5m +25.8%.
Jeju Seoul (10.5m +10.9% over 2013)
Fukuoka-Tokyo (8.3m +11.7%)
Sapporo-Tokyo (7.8m -4.0%)
Melbourne-Sydney (7.0m -5.2%);
Beijing-Shanghai (5.8m -1.1%).
Southwest Airlines (129.1m)
China Southern Airlines (100.7m)
Hong Kong-Taipei (5.1m, up 4% from 2013)
Jakarta-Singapore (3.5m +1.4%)
Hong Kong-Singapore (2.8m +7.8%)
Hong Kong-Shanghai (2.7m + 5.9%)
Hong Kong-Seoul (2.5m +25.8%.
Jeju Seoul (10.5m +10.9% over 2013)
Fukuoka-Tokyo (8.3m +11.7%)
Sapporo-Tokyo (7.8m -4.0%)
Melbourne-Sydney (7.0m -5.2%);
Beijing-Shanghai (5.8m -1.1%).
curious re CN and US numbers
takeoffs vs passengers is interesting comparison
Last edited by Kagehitokiri; Sep 17, 2015 at 1:45 pm