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The World of Air Transport in 2019

Despite the exceptional circumstances faced past the aviation industry and ICAO during the data collection and collation period, data officially provided by ICAO Fellow member States reflects 97% of the data reported here, with the rest calculated according to ICAO's methodology.

Co-ordinate to ICAO'south preliminary compilation of annual global statistics, the total number of passengers carried on scheduled services rose to four.5 billion in 2019, which is 3.six per cent higher than the previous year, while the number of departures reached 38.3 million in 2019, a 1.7 per cent increase. Detailed air transport statistics announced on the Presentation of 2019 Air Transport Statistical Results page.

Passenger traffic (total scheduled acquirement rider-kilometres performed (RPKs))

Total increase: 4.9 per cent, equating to eight 686 billion RPKs

Change by region –
Europe:	26.8 per cent of world traffic, posting growth of 6.6 per cent
Africa:	2.1 per cent of globe traffic, posting growth of 4.three per cent
Middle East:	ix.1 per cent of globe traffic, posting growth of 1.9 per cent
Asia and Pacific:	34.seven per cent of world traffic, posting growth of five.2 per cent
Due north America:	22.ii per cent of earth traffic, posting growth of 4.1 per cent
Latin America and Caribbean:	5.1 per cent of world traffic, posting growth of 3.6 per cent

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International scheduled rider traffic

Total growth: 4.7 per cent in RPKs

Change past region:
Europe:	37.0 per cent of total RPK, posting growth of 6.3 per cent
Africa:	2.viii per cent of total RPK, posting growth of 4.9 per cent
Middle East:	13.eight per cent of total RPK, posting growth of 2.0 per cent
Asia and Pacific:	xxx.2 per cent of total RPK, posting growth of four.9 per cent
Northward America:	12.0 per cent of total RPK, posting growth of 3.viii per cent
Latin America and Caribbean:	4.2 per cent of total RPK, posting growth of 2.vii per cent

Domestic scheduled passenger traffic

Full growth: 5.2 per cent in RPKs

Change by region:
Europe:	9.3 per cent of total RPK, posting growth of 8.nine per cent
Africa:	i.0 per cent of total RPK, posting growth of i.vi per cent
Center Due east:	1.0 per cent of total RPK, posting growth of 0.2 per cent
Asia and Pacific:	42.vi per cent of full RPK, posting growth of 5.6 per cent
N America:	39.six per cent of total RPK, posting growth of 4.3 per cent
Latin America and Caribbean:	6.six per cent of full RPK, posting growth of 4.vii per cent

Low-price Carriers

Low-toll carriers carried an estimated 1.iv billion passengers in 2019, which was approximately 31 per cent of the world total scheduled passengers. This indicated a five.3 per cent growth when compared to the number of passengers carried by depression-cost carriers in 2018, effectually 1.5 times the rate of the earth total average passenger growth.

Available seat-kilometres (Enquire) capacity

Total Growth: 4.ane per cent, passenger load cistron of 82.4 per cent

Modify past region:
Europe:	26.0 per cent of total Inquire, with rider load cistron of 85.0 per cent
Africa:	2.4 per cent of total ASK, with passenger load cistron of 72.four per cent
Center East:	9.ix per cent of total ASK, with passenger load factor of 75.6 per cent
Asia and Pacific:	35.1 per cent of total Inquire, with rider load gene of 81.seven per cent
Northward America:	21.6 per cent of full ASK, with passenger load gene of 84.8 per cent
Latin America and Caribbean:	5.1 per cent of full ASK, with rider load factor of 82.i per cent

Freight traffic

Full tonnes carried: 57.vi million

Decline of scheduled total freight traffic, expressed in terms of scheduled total freight tonne-kilometres performed (FTKs): -2.nine per cent

Decline of total scheduled international freight traffic, expressed in terms of FTKs performed: -iii.5 per cent

And past region -
Europe:	26.eight per cent of total FTKs performed, posting a decline of -0.6 per cent
Africa:	2.two per cent of total FTKs performed, posting growth of v.7 per cent
Middle East:	xv.nine per cent of total FTKs performed, posting a decline of -4.four per cent
Asia and Pacific:	38.2 per cent of total FTKs performed, posting a decline of -6.two per cent
North America:	fourteen.0 per cent of total FTKs performed, posting a decline of -ii.0 per cent
Latin America and Caribbean area:	ii.8 per cent of total FTKs performed, posting a pass up of -1.1 per cent

Scheduled international freight capacity in 2019, expressed in bachelor freight tonne-kilometres, was approximately 391 billion, a 6.8 per cent growth compared to 2018. The scheduled international freight load factor declined at l per cent.

Operating profit of scheduled airlines of Member States

Estimated at about 5.3 per cent of operating revenues, operating profits are expected to be effectually USD 45.0 billion in 2019 based on operating revenues of USD 841 billion.

A detailed variance analysis of changes in operating profits appears in the Presentation of 2019 Air Transport Statistical Results, Table ix.

Long-term air traffic forecasts

The 4.5 billion scheduled passengers carried in 2019 are expected to abound to nigh ten.0 billion by 2040, and the number of departures is projected to rise to some 90 million in 2040.

Aircraft

The earth'southward major manufacturers delivered 1 234 new commercial aircraft in 2019 and recorded 822 new aircraft cyberspace orders.

Book-to-pecker ratios for ii of the largest shipping manufacturers decreased to effectually 0.66 in 2019 from 1.02 in the previous year.

Aviation safety

At that place were 115 shipping accidents for scheduled commercial air transport operations in 2019, compared to 98 accidents in 2018. This is co-ordinate to an analysis of global blow information involving commercial air transport aircraft with a maximum certificated take-off mass of more than than 5 700 kilograms. The number of fatalities in scheduled operations worldwide stood at 239, resulting from 6 fatal accidents. The global accident rate was iii.0 accidents per million scheduled departures, versus ii.vi accidents per meg scheduled departures in 2018.

Unlawful Interference

47 acts of unlawful interference were recorded. These included:

two attacks on aircraft in flying

10 attacks on airports or other aviation facility

2 attacks using aircraft as a weapon

v cyber-attacks endangering aviation safety

3 unlawful seizures of aircraft

and 25 other attacks.

Details concerning all 2019 events are available in the Acts of Unlawful Interference Database, which is accessible through ICAO's secure website.