Snapshot of Asia’s Aviation Growth in 2013
Photo Credit: An airport sign at Hong Kong International Airport. Flickr / James Stewart
Skift Take
As travel to and throughout Asia grows, the global hub of the tourism and aviation industries will move east impacting all international industry stakeholders.
Asia’s tourism growth, both within the region and beyond it, has been well-documented, but aviation data released today by the International Air Transport Association highlights how much travel is taking place within the region and on board its carriers.
Airlines registered in the Asia-Pacific region carry more passengers than airlines from any other region, according to the organization’s World Air Transport Statistics.
Asia-Pacific airlines carried 1.012 billion passengers in 2013, up 9.3 percent compared w
