2.16 2.20 73.4 1.12 7.05 1.38 1.96 1.85 76.0 1.11 5.26 1.13 1.39 1.35 79.5 1.19 3.91 0.97 1.76 0.19 79.8 1.09 3.57 1.20 m SOURCE: Air Transport Association (www.airlines.org) (first half)
2.58 0.12 76.7 0.87 3.57 1.16
Time elapsed between departure from the origin airport gate and wheels off; effective October 2008, BTS monthly reports on tarmac times included, for the first time, data from flights that were subsequently canceled, diverted, and/or had multiple gate departures (seewww.transtats.bts.gov/TARMAC).
t SOURCE: Outside the[Domestic] Box Demand for Air Travel Boeing Forecast of Annual Traffic Growth (%), 2009–2029 +7.3% +7.2% +6.8% +6.5% +5.7% +4.9% +4.3% +4.1% Projected Annual Growth (%) to/from North America +3.0% +2.8%
“Consumers already rely on their mobile devices to help them navigate their way through cities around the world. In the future, they’ll look for mobile services that are not only location-based but contextually aware, such as airport navi- gational tools with the ability to find in- airport businesses but also have deals and offers pushed to their smartphone.”