23. ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT
AIR TRANSPORT IS A MAJOR GLOBAL EMPLOYER,
SUPPORTING A TOTAL OF 87.7 MILLION JOBS WORLDWIDE
AND PROVIDING 11.3 MILLION DIRECT JOBS. IT ENABLES
$3.5 TRILLION IN GLOBAL GDP. IF AVIATION WERE A
COUNTRY, IT WOULD BE THE 17TH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE
WORLD, SUPPORTING 87.7 MILLION JOBS AND NEARLY 3.5
TRILLION DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC IMPACT.
24. • AFRICA: AIR TRANSPORT SUPPORTS 7.7 MILLION JOBS IN AFRICA
AND $63 BILLION IN GDP. AIR TRAFFIC IN AFRICA IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO GROW AT ABOUT 3.4% PER YEAR OVER THE NEXT TWO
DECADES.
• ASIA-PACIFIC: THE REGION WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF
PASSENGER TRAFFIC, TRANSPORTING 1.7 BILLION PASSENGERS
WORLDWIDE. AIR TRANSPORT IN THE REGION SUPPORTS 46.7 MILLION
JOBS AND $944 BILLION OF THE COUNTRY’S GDP. AIR TRAFFIC IN
ASIA-PACIFIC IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GROW AT ABOUT 4.2%
PER YEAR OVER THE NEW TWO DECADES, ACCOUNTING FOR THE
LARGEST GROWTH RATE WORLDWIDE.
25. • EUROPE: EUROPE IS THE SECOND LARGEST MARKET AFTER ASIA-
PACIFIC, TRANSPORTING 1.2 BILLION PASSENGERS, AND SUPPORTING
13.5 MILLION JOBS IN TOTAL (OUT OF WHICH 2.7 MILLION JOBS ARE
CREATED BY THE AVIATION INDUSTRY ITSELF) AND $991 BILLION IN
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. IT IS EXPECTED THAT AIR TRAVEL IN
EUROPE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AT ABOUT 2.1% PER YEAR OVER
THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS.
• LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: THE AVIATION SECTOR IN
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN SUPPORTS 7.7 MILLION JOBS
AND $187 BILLION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.
26. • MIDDLE EAST: AIR TRANSPORT IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUPPORTS 3.4
MILLION JOBS AND $213 BILLION IN GDP. THERE IS A POTENTIAL
GROWTH OF 4.1% PER YEAR IN THE REGION’S AIR TRAVEL OVER THE
NEXT DECADE.
• NORTH AMERICA: IN NORTH AMERICA, AIR TRANSPORT SUPPORTS
8.7 MILLION JOBS IN TOTAL AND $1.1 TRILLION IN NORTH AMERICAN
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.
28. • AVIATION, PRODUCING 2%
OF ALL HUMAN-INDUCED
CO2, EMITS LESS THAN THE
IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY
(5%), CEMENT PRODUCTION
(4%) AND THE SHIPPING
SECTOR (3%) AND AROUND
THE SAME AS THE SERVERS AND
TRANSMISSION CABLES OF THE
INTERNET.
29. • CO2 IS NOT THE ONLY GREENHOUSE GAS EMITTED BY AIRCRAFT.
EXHAUST FUMES FROM AIRCRAFT ENGINES IS MADE UP OF; 7% TO 8% CO2
AND WATER VAPOR, AROUND 0.03% NITROGEN OXIDES, UNBURNED
HYDROCARBONS, CARBON MONOXIDE AND SULPHUR OXIDES, TRACES OF
HYDROXYL FAMILY AND NITROGEN COMPOUNDS AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF
SOOT PARTICLES (ALTHOUGH THE INDUSTRY HAS ALMOST ELIMINATED SOOT
EMISSIONS OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES). BETWEEN 91.5% AND 92.5% OF
AIRCRAFT ENGINE EXHAUST IS NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN AND
NITROGEN.
31. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
• AVIATION BRINGS THE WORLD’S PEOPLE AND CULTURES TOGETHER
LIKE NO OTHER FORM OF TRANSPORT. FAST, RELIABLE AND SAFE
SERVICES WITH GREATER VALUE ARE ALLOWING MORE PEOPLE TO
EXPERIENCE THE WORLD AND SUPPORTING THE WORLD’S NUMBER
ONE INDUSTRY – TOURISM.
