Listed the most frequent flying nations in the world
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports that the number of tourists who chose aircraft as a means of transportation increased in 2018 by 6.9%.
The world's airlines carried 4.4 billion passengers last year - 6.9% more than in 2017 or + 284 million flights.
Inexpensive transportation (low-cost) is ahead of other passenger air transportation. The capacity of low-cost airlines increased by 13.4%.
According to the number of seats, the share of low-cost airlines in 2018 was 29% (in 2004 - 16%). About 52 of the 290 existing IATA member airlines classify themselves as low-cost airlines and other airline models.
Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region carried the largest number of passengers. Regional ratings (based on the total number of passengers carried on scheduled flights by airlines):
Asia-Pacific accounted for 37.1% of the global air travel market (1.6 billion passengers, an increase of 9.2% compared to 2017).
Europe - 26.2% (1.1 billion passengers, 6.6% more than in 2017)
North America – 22.6% market (989.4 million passengers, 4.8% more than in 2017)
Latin America – 6.9% (302.2 million passengers, 5.7% more than in 2017)
Middle East - 5.1% market (224.2 million passengers, 4.0% more than in 2017)
Africa 2.1% (92 million passengers, 5.5% more than in 2017)
Airlines by number of passengers on regular flights in 2018:
American Airlines (330.6 billion)
Delta Air Lines $330 billion
United Airlines (329.6 billion)
Emirates (302.3 billion)
Southwest Airlines (214.6 billion)
Rating of loaded air routes:
Hong Kong – Taipei (Taoyuan Airport) – 5.4 million, 0.4% less than in 2017.
Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi) – Hong Kong (3.4 million, an increase of 8.8% compared to 2017)
Jakarta (Sukarno Hatta) – Singapore (Changi) – 3.2 million, a decrease of 3.3% compared to 2017.
Seoul (Incheon) – Osaka (Kansai) – 2.9 million, an increase of 16.5% compared to 2017
Kuala Lumpur – Singapore (Changi) – 2.8 million, 2.1% more than in 2017
Top 5 Traveling Nations:
Britain (126.2 million, 8.6% of passengers)
USA (111.5 million, 7.6% of passengers)
China (97 million, 6.6% of passengers)
Germany (94.3 million, 6.4% of passengers)
France (59.8 million, 4.1% of passengers).
Source: atorus