GLOBAL air passenger traffic is set to double by 2040 to reach 7.8 billion, increasing by 4.2% annually between 2023 and 2040.
It is a radical slowdown from the exceptional 36% annual growth rate seen over the past three years, as markets emerged from the depths of the Covid crisis, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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