Passenger Traffic Set To Double By 2036, DKMA Forecasts

“The forecast indicates that 17.4 billion passengers a year will use the world’s airports by 2036, up from 8.2 billion in 2017,” said DKMA director Damien Kobel. “More than half of the 9 billion additional passengers expected by 2036 will travel in Asia / Pacific, highlighting the dramatic shift from West to East that the industry will experience over the next 20 years.”