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Airbus: over 31,000 new aircraft required in the next 20 years, worth USD 4.6 trillion
Toulouse, France - Emerging markets and Urbanisation driving air traffic growth
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It is one hundred years since the world’s first paying passenger took to the skies in 1914. Today 32 million flights carry three billion passengers and 50 million tonnes of freight a year. Globally the aviation sector’s economic impact is estimated at US$2.4 trillion annually. Today aviation is so integral to jobs, to commerce and to international trade that it has become a necessity. Flying has bec...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency