The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published an annual report according to which in the next five years the industry of passenger air transportation serious changes are expected.

The most important forecast: by 2017 the annual flow of air passengers will reach the level of 3.91 billion people is almost one billion more than a year ago (2012 figure is 2.98 billion) . Sounded The figure was based on the average increase in traffic demonstrated by world airlines over the past few years - about 5.4% per year . The overwhelming part of the calculated figure will be provided by air carriers from the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Latin American regions . First of all , "The take-off" will go to China's air transportation market, which in the current situation is destined in the next couple of years to squeeze American colleagues . Nevertheless, the US will remain the leader in the number of transported passages in 2017, this figure will increase to 678 million people .

As for Russia, the domestic civil aviation market will grow by only 7.7% in five years

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