Publikováno:
2016, Proceedings of 20th International Conference Transport Means 2016, Kaunas, Kauno technologijos universitetas), p. 840-845), ISSN 1822-296X
Anotace:
The first scheduled flight taking off in January 1914. This Airboat service carried passengers, one-by-one, between St. Petersburgh and Tampa in Florida. It took 23 minutes and cost 5 dollars one way, the equivalent of 116 dollars in 2014.
Today, the global airline industry performs around 32 million commercial flights a year, transporting 3 billion passengers and 50 million tonnes of freight. Tampa International Airport handled 17 million passenger in 2014, an incredible evolution in the relatively short time since this first commercial air service. New, emerging markets continue to drive impressive growth, their airlines cutting journey times massively for millions of new travelers. ATAG (the Air Transport Action Groups) recently assessed the industry‘s global economic impact at $2.4 trillion annually, providing employment for nearly 60 million people. Affordable air transport is not purely a consequence of economic growth but is one of its great enablers.
What are the key factors – demographics, trade and tourism flows, oil price, environmental issues and competition will define future industry. New and evolving technologies continue to make travel simpler, from the booking process to the airport experience and of course, on the aircraft itself. In mature markets flying is now taken granted, which is not the case for forecasters and planners helping to ensure that air transport can continue to fulfill its potential.
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