economic and social benefits of air transportation

8/12/2019 Economic and Social Benefits of Air Transportation

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Faculty of eronautics andstronautics


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Air transport

Air transport drives economic and social progressIt provides access to global markets

It forges links between developed and developingnations


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It connects people,countries and culture

It generates trade andtourism


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Employment The air transport industrysupports 56.6 million jobsglobally

It directly creates 8.4 million jobs worldwide Airlines, airports and air navigation service providers

employ 7.6 million peopleThe civil aerospace sector employs 800,000 people


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Employment

9.3 million indirect jobs arecreated via purchases of

goods and services fromcompanies in the air transport supply chain4.4 million jobs are induced through spending byindustry employees34.5 million direct and indirect jobs are createdthrough air transports catalytic impact on tourism


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Economic benefits

Aviation provides the only worldwide transportationsystem which makes it essential for global businessand tourism

Aviation transported around 3.1 (est.) billionpassengers in 2013 Aviation carries over 51.6 (est. 2013) million tonnesof freight annually and 35% of interregional exports

of goods by value


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Economic benefits

51% of international tourists travel by airIn a recent survey of over 2,200 business people, 52%said that restrictions on the numbers of flights theytake would hurt their businessResearch conducted in the US suggests that everydollar invested in aerospace yields an extra $1.50 to

$3.00 in economic activity


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Air transport facts (2010)

1,568 commercial airlines23,844 aircraft in commercial service (19,203 jets and

4,641 turboprops)3,846 airports26.7 million commercial aircraft movements


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Air transport efficiency

Aviation occupancy rates of 78% (2011 industry loadfactor) are better than those of road and rail

Modern aircraft achieve fuel efficiencies of 3.5 litersper 100 passenger kilometers or 67 passenger miles pergallon


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Social benefits

Aviation broadens peoples leisure and culturalexperiences via wide choice/affordable access to

destinations across the globeImproves living standards and alleviates povertythrough tourismOften serves as the only means of transportation toremote areas promoting social inclusion


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Facilitates the delivery of emergencyand humanitarian aid relief


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Air transportation is very important forhumanitarian aid .


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Swift delivery of medical supplies,organs for transplantation


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Air ambulances is more advantageousthan other ambulances. They can reachmore places and they can reach faster.


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Facilitating tourism ;


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Social benefits Contributes to sustainable development by:Generating economic growth

Creating jobs ,

Increasing tax revenues


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We can also see how air transportationaffects the economy whit this surwey

The IFO Institute asked more than 7,000 firms about the importance

of air transport.This survey is referring air transportations importancefor Germanys firms.


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