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Recent Trends in Commercial Aviation Demand. Bobby Blankinship Brad Wham. Number of U.S. General Aircraft in Use Each Year. Source: National Transportation Statistics Summary Report 2008, Table 1-11. Airports in the U.S. 1990. 2007. Total Number of Airports 17,581 Public 5,589
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Recent Trends in Commercial Aviation Demand Bobby Blankinship Brad Wham
Number of U.S. General Aircraft in Use Each Year Source: National Transportation Statistics Summary Report 2008, Table 1-11
Airports in the U.S. 1990 2007 • Total Number of Airports • 17,581 • Public • 5,589 • Private • 11,901 • Total Number of Airports • 20,341 • Public • 5,221 • Private • 14,839
Passenger Airline Operating Margin and Airport Enplanements When passengers decrease, airports suffer large losses. A good year for airlines does not necessarily mean a good year for airports.
Conclusions Recent fuel spike in 2008 increased industry overhead and economic recession decreased flight demand. These factors have greatly hindered commercial air profits in the past few years The airline industry hopes that current drop in fuel price will exceed the drop in demand History shows that the future of the commercial aviation industry depends largely on sustained U.S. economic growth.
Work Cited Rita, Research and Innovative Administration. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Available: http://www.rita.dot.gov/ Wyman, Oliver. Federal Aviation Administration. April 2009. Available: http://www.faa.gov/news/conferences_events/aviation_forecast_2009/agenda/media.pdf IATA, International Air Transportation Association. Available: http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/economics/fuel_monitor/price_development.htm National Transportation Statistics Summary. Available: http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/