Global Passenger Air Traffic

15 maart 2025 by Stephan

Based on data from ICAO two graphs on the development of global passenger air traffic per year. First in absolute number (passenger kilometer traveled) for the ICAO members.

Graph with passenger kilometers per year traveled with airline members of ICAO.
Starts in 2008 at 4.5 trillion. Rises to 8.7 trillion in 2019. Then sharp drop to 2.9 in 2020 and up again to 8.2 in 2023.

Aircraft accidents and casualties

5 januari 2025 by Stephan

Based on the data from BAAA two graphs, one with the number of accidents per year and one with the number of casualties per year.

Only aircrafts which can hold six or more people, including pilot(s) are considered. Balloons, airships, gliders and fighters are excluded.

Graph showing number of aircraft accidents per year for the world, since 1946.
It starts around 400 per year, with a short peak in 1951 with almost 500, then a steady decline to just over 200 in 1964.
Followed by a rise again to 400 in 1979. After that a slow decline with some hickups to around 100 a year recently.
2024 so far has 117 accidents.
Source:
https://www.baaa-acro.com/