Notwithstanding the 2008-2009 downturn, the world air transport market has demonstrated strong growth in the last decade, both in terms of passenger numbers (+62.8% between 2007 and 2018) and freight volume (+40.6% over the same period).<\/p>\n
Over half of the world\u2019s 1.4 billion tourists<\/strong> who traveled across international borders in 2018 were transported by air. Looking ahead, we expect that the number of passengers will continue doubling every 12 years<\/strong>, under the impulse of low-cost carriers.<\/p>\n The air freight is also forecasting robust growth thanks to increasing cross-border Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e-commerce activities, as 90% are fulfilled by air. Air transport now carries about 35% of the world trade<\/strong> by value.<\/p>\n