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Aviation’s global employment<br />
and GDP impact<br />
GDP impact<br />
of Aviation direct<br />
jobs by region<br />
$538.9<br />
billion<br />
Aviation direct<br />
jobs by region<br />
8.36<br />
million<br />
Source: All figures are 2010 data from the Aviation Benefits Beyond Borders publication<br />
www.aviationbenefitsbeyondborders.org.<br />
15<br />
60%<br />
The real-term reduction<br />
in the cost of air travel<br />
since 1970.<br />
A 2007 World Bank report<br />
conservatively estimates that<br />
overall remittances are worth<br />
twice as much as official development<br />
aid globally. Research<br />
shows that a 10% rise in remittances<br />
would lead to a 3.5%<br />
decline in the number of impoverished<br />
people worldwide.<br />
Each dollar remitted produces<br />
more than $2 in additional<br />
economic activity.<br />
Aviation, moreover, supplies a<br />
vital lifeline to remote communities<br />
cut off from road networks.<br />
In such isolated areas, essential<br />
services, such as health care,<br />
depend on speedy air links. For<br />
example, over 1,000 communities<br />
in Russia’s far north and<br />
more than 200 communities in<br />
Alaska rely mainly on aviation.<br />
Emergency response to natural<br />
disasters or in times of war<br />
is likewise equally reliant on<br />
aircraft speed and reliability. In<br />
2011, the United Nations declared<br />
a famine in East Africa.<br />
Food, medicine, and other relief<br />
aid were quickly donated, and<br />
UNICEF called on the airlines<br />
to help get the donations to the<br />
region. FedEx promptly provided<br />
a Paris-Nairobi service.<br />
UPS and Virgin Atlantic Airways<br />
$5.0<br />
billion<br />
The cost of the Icelandic<br />
volcano to the world’s<br />
economy due to lack of<br />
air services.<br />
3.5x<br />
The average aviation job is<br />
3.5 times more productive<br />
than other jobs.<br />
offered cargo space. British<br />
Airways carried vital materials<br />
on a scheduled flight to ease<br />
the water situation and then<br />
later dispatched a 747F on<br />
behalf of Oxfam and UNICEF.<br />
Lufthansa Cargo also donated<br />
two critical relief flights. These<br />
are only a few examples of the<br />
many instances of help from the<br />
air transport industry.<br />
It is not just about assisting<br />
in times of trouble. Air transport<br />
is equally intrinsic to the<br />
good times. Aviation’s ability<br />
to connect distant locations<br />
quickly, safely, and securely has<br />
given the world the chance to<br />
share and experience firsthand<br />
its amazing cultural heritage,<br />
including the great treasures<br />
of yesterday, such as the<br />
Terracotta Warriors, the Mask<br />
of Tutankhamen, and the works<br />
of Caravaggio.<br />
$58<br />
billion<br />
The annual European<br />
subsidy to rail travel (2007-<br />
09). Air travel received a<br />
$440 million subsidy for<br />
the same period, mostly<br />
for economically unviable<br />
lifeline routes.
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