Aviation, a world of facts

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3,846 COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS COMMERCIAL 1,568 AIRLINES NAVIGATION 192 AIR SERVICE PROVIDERS ROUTES 34,756 CITY-PAIR SERVED BY AIRLINES
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Aviation and the economy

35% of trade
AIR TRANSPORT CARRIES AROUND 35% OF THE VALUE OF WORLD TRADE (THAT WAS $6.4 TRILLION IN 2011), BUT ONLY 0.5% OF THE VOLUME.

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Real price of air transport (US$)

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COST TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY OF THE WEEKLONG SHUTDOWN OF EUROPEAN AVIATION DUE TO THE ICELANDIC VOLCANO EYJAFJALLAJKULL.

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OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IS SUPPORTED BY AVIATION - THAT IS 3.5% OF WORLD GDP.

$64.1 billion
PAID BY AIRLINES IN USER CHARGES IN 2008. AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE IS FUNDED BY THE INDUSTRY.

35% by value

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AVIATION JOBS ARE, ON AVERAGE, AROUND 3.5 TIMES MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN OTHER JOBS.

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THE SUBSIDY GIVEN TO RAIL EACH YEAR BY EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS.

Aviation and the environment

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GLOBAL AVIATION PRODUCED 689 MILLION TONNES OF CO2 IN 2012.

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AVIATIONS SHARE OF GLOBAL CO2 EMISSIONS IS 2% OF THE MAN-MADE TOTAL OF 34 BILLION TONNES.

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MODERN AIRCRAFT ACHIEVE FUEL EFFICIENCIES OF LESS THAN 3 LITRES PER 100 PASSENGER KILOMETRES. THATS AROUND THE SAME AS A SMALL FAMILY CAR.

$200 billion

AIRLINES PAID AROUND $200 BILLION FOR FUEL IN 2012 - THAT IS OVER A THIRD OF THEIR OPERATING COSTS.

79%

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AIRCRAFT TODAY ARE MORE THAN 70% MORE FUEL EFFICIENT THAN THE FIRST JETS.

12%

AVIATION ACCOUNTS FOR AROUND 12% OF TRANSPORT EMISSIONS.

AIRLINES ON AVERAGE OPERATE WITH 79% OF THEIR SEATS FULL GREATER THAN COACH (60%), RAIL (40%) AND CAR (30%) TRAVEL.

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COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN MADE USING A VARIETY OF BIOFUELS AROUND THE WORLD.

OF AVIATION EMISSIONS ARE FROM FLIGHTS OVER 1,500 KM.

80%

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN AREAS IMPACTED BY AIRCRAFT NOISE IN THE USA REDUCED FROM 7 MILLION IN 1975 TO FEWER THAN 300,000 IN 2009, DESPITE THE LARGE INCREASE IN AIR TRAFFIC.

12% wasted fuel $1.3 trillion

THE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN ASKING EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS TO IMPLEMENT SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY, CONSOLIDATING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ACROSS EUROPE. THIS WOULD REDUCE EMISSIONS BY 12%.

FOR THE AVIATION INDUSTRY TO MEET ITS OWN ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS, AIRLINES WILL NEED TO PURCHASE $1.3 TRILLION WORTH OF NEW AIRCRAFT

Aviation industrys climate targets:

WILL IMPROVE ITS FLEET FUEL EFFICIENCY BY 1.5% PER ANNUM BETWEEN NOW AND 2020. 1.5% AVIATION 2020, NET CARBON EMISSIONS FROM AVIATION WILL BE CAPPED. Stabilise FROM 2050, NET AVIATION CARBON EMISSIONS WILL BE 50% BY HALF OF WHAT THEY WERE IN 2005.

Aviation and society

56.6 million
JOBS WORLDWIDE SUPPORTED BY AVIATION: 8.36 MILLION OF THESE ARE WITHIN THE INDUSTRY. THE REST ARE THROUGH THE INDUSTRYS SUPPLY CHAIN AND TOURISM MADE POSSIBLE BY AVIATION.

Lifelines

Emergency

AIR TRANSPORT PROVIDES VITAL LIFELINES TO MANY COMMUNITIES IN REMOTE PARTS OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING ISLAND STATES.

WHEN DISASTER STRIKES, AVIATION CAN RAPIDLY MOVE EMERGENCY WORKERS AND RELIEF SUPPLIES INTO DISASTER ZONES.
CIS 11,900

Skills

$26 billion

SPENT BY AIRPORTS ON CONSTRUCTION IN 2010 - CREATING JOBS AND BOOSTING LOCAL ECONOMIES.

MIDEAST 36,100 ASIAPACIFIC 185,600 EUROPE 100,900 LAT-AM 42,000

AFRICA 14,500 NORTH AMERICA 69,000

AVIATION PROVIDES JOBS AND TRAINING IN A WIDE RANGE OF OFTEN HIGHLYSKILLED AREAS, FROM PILOTS TO MECHANICS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

PILOTS 460,000

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MAY 2013

NORTH AFRICA AMERICA 92,500 16,200

CIS 18,100 MIDEAST 53,700 LAT-AM 47,300

LIVELIHOODS IN AFRICA DEPEND ON TRADE IN AIR FREIGHTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS TO THE UK ALONE.

Aviation jobs required by 2031

TECHNICIANS 601,000
ASIAPACIFIC 243,500

EUROPE 129,700