Dramatic Increase in Air Traffic Worldwide.

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Air passenger traffic will grow by several hundred billion "passenger-kilometres" over the next three years, according to new forecasts by the International Civil Aviation Organization. ICAO said international and domestic passenger air traffic in 1999 totalled 2,791 billion passenger-kilometres. With annual increases of more than 5 per cent through 2002, the numbers are forecast to reach 3,284 billion in 2002. Traffic in the Asia/Pacific region is expected to lead in terms of growth rate, followed by markets...