16-Feb-2011 12:34 PM
FAA forecasts air travel to more than double in the next 20 years
US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released (15-Feb-2011) its annual forecast predicting that air travel will more than double in the next 20 years. The FAA 20-year forecast predicts passenger numbers on US airlines will rise by 3.5% from 2010 to 737.4 million passengers in 2011. That figure is projected to grow an average of 2.8% each year during the remaining forecast period to 1.3 billion by 2031. Details include:
- Passenger enplanements by region for US Mainline Air carriers:
- FY2011:
- Domestic: +2.8%;
- International: +7.9%;
- Atlantic: +8.7%;
- Latin America: +7.5%;
- Asia Pacific: +7.9%;
- System: +3.5%;
- FY2011 to 2031:
- Domestic: +2.4%;
- International: +4.4%;
- Atlantic: +3.5%;
- Latin America: +4.7%;
- Asia Pacific: +4.9%;
- System: +2.8%.
- Air cargo (Revenue Ton Miles) for US Commercial air carriers:
- FY2011:
- Total: +5.6%;
- Domestic: +4.2%;
- International: +6.4%;
- FY2011 to FY2031:
- Total: +4.6%;
- Domestic: +2.7%;
- International: +5.4%.
- Passenger real yield for U.S. Mainline air carriers:
- FY2011:
- Domestic: +2%;
- International: +5%. [more] [more - fact sheet]
- FY2011: