SPECIAL REPORT: SUSTAINABILITY JUNE 2010 YTD - JUNE 2008 YTD comparative freight figures
Source: ACI. JUNE 2010 YTD - JUNE 2008 YTD comparative passenger figures
Source: ACI. Global industrial production in April 2010 reached the
previous peak of March 2008 representing a 14% increase over the trough in March 2009 and a much quicker rebound than anyone would have expected. As ACI finalises plans to release its new 20-year traffic forecast
this September, it has to be said that the short-term and medium outlook is positive. We expect a 5%–6% increase of total traffic in 2010 with double-
digit growth in Latin America & Caribbean, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and a more tepid 1% to 2% increase in Europe and North America. Looking out to 2015, growth is projected to stabilise with global annual rates between 4% and 5%. Latin America, Asia-Pacific and
the Middle East will top global annual average growth rates by two to three percentage points while Europe and North America are likely to stay below. Without doubt, the financial crisis and global recession were a catalyst
for emerging and developing economies in the fact that they have not only extended their share in global traffic volumes but also in the global economy. Indeed, this group of economies will soon account for more than half of the World’s GDP and air traffic will support this development. Today around 15% of the world’s population account for 66% of the
world’s air traffic, a huge disparity and imbalance that is slowly starting to shift and illustrates the enormous growth potential that air traffic has in the years and decades to come.
AW AIRPORT WORLD/AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2010 25
Millions of tonnes
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