I-International Air Transport Association (IATA) ikhiphe izibalo zokusebenza zango-2018 ezibonisa ukuthi ukuxhumana emoyeni komhlaba kuyaqhubeka nokufinyeleleka kakhudlwana futhi kusebenza kahle kakhulu. Izibalo ze-IATA World Air Transport (2019 WATS) ziqinisekisa ukuthi:

Abagibeli abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-4.4 bandize ngo-2018
Ukusebenza kahle kwamarekhodi kwafinyelelwa ku-81.9% wezihlalo ezikhona ezigcwaliswe
Ukusebenza kahle kwamafutha kuthuthuke ngamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-12 uma kuqhathaniswa nowezi-2010
Amapheya edolobha angu-22,000 manje axhunywe ngezindiza eziqondile, akhuphuka ngo-1,300 ngo-2017 futhi aphinda kabili amapheya edolobha angu-10,250 axhunywe ngo-1998.
Izindleko zangempela zokuthutha ngendiza zehle ngaphezu kwesigamu kule minyaka engu-20 edlule (kuze kufike kumasenti angama-78 US ngethani ngalinye lekhilomitha lemali engenayo, noma i-RTK).

''Izinkampani zezindiza zixhuma abantu abaningi nezindawo kunangaphambili. Inkululeko yokundiza ifinyeleleka kakhulu kunangaphambili. Futhi umhlaba wethu uyindawo echuma kakhulu ngenxa yalokho. Njenganoma yimuphi umsebenzi womuntu lokhu kuhambisana nezindleko zemvelo izinkampani zezindiza ezizimisele ukuzinciphisa. Siyaqonda ukuthi ukusimama kubalulekile kulayisensi yethu yokusabalalisa izinzuzo zezindiza. Kusukela ngo-2020 sizovala ukukhula kwe-carbon emissions. Futhi, ngo-2050, sizonciphisa ingqikithi yethu ye-carbon footprint ibe uhhafu wamazinga ka-2005. Le nhloso yesimo sezulu ebabazekayo idinga ukwesekwa nguhulumeni. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuze kusetshenziswe amafutha endiza esimeme, ubuchwepheshe obusha kanye nezindlela ezisebenza kahle zokuletha ikusasa eliluhlaza esihlose ukulithola,” kusho u-Alexandre de Juniac, uMqondisi Jikelele kanye noMphathi Omkhulu we-IATA.

Izithombe ezinhle kakhulu zokusebenza kwemboni yezindiza yango-2018:

Passenger

Ngohlelo lonke, izinkampani zezindiza zithwale abagibeli abayizigidigidi ezi-4.4 emisebenzini ehleliwe, okukhuphuke ngo-6.9% ngonyaka wezi-2017, okumelele olunye uhambo lwezindiza oluyizigidi ezingama-284.
Ukuthuthukiswa kwengxenye yenkampani yenethiwekhi ebiza kancane (LCC)* iyaqhubeka ukudlula leyo yabathwali benethiwekhi.
Ikalwa ngama-ASKs (amakhilomitha ezihlalo atholakalayo), umthamo we-LCC ukhule ngo-13.4%, cishe waphinda kabili izinga lokukhula kwemboni yonke lika-6.9%. Ama-LCC abalelwa ku-21% wamandla omhlaba) ngo-2018, asuka ku-11% ngo-2004.
Uma ubheka izihlalo ezitholakalayo, isabelo somhlaba wonke sama-LCC ngo-2018 sasingu-29%, okubonisa uhlobo olufushane lwemodeli yebhizinisi lawo. Lokhu kwenyuke kusuka ku-16% ngo-2004.
Izinkampani zezindiza ezingaba ngu-52 kwezingu-290 ezingamalungu e-IATA zamanje zizihlukanisa njengama-LCC, nezinye imodeli yezindiza ezintsha.

Izinkampani zezindiza esifundeni sase-Asia-Pacific ziphinde zathwala inani elikhulu labagibeli ohlelweni lonke. I izinga lesifundas (ngokususelwe enanini labagibeli abaqhutshwa amasevisi ahleliwe yizinkampani zezindiza ezibhaliswe kuleso sifunda) yilawa:

Asia-Pacific Isabelo semakethe esingamaphesenti angama-37.1 (abagibeli abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.6, okuwukukhula ngo-9.2% uma kuqhathaniswa nabagibeli bakulesi sifunda ngo-2017)
Europe Isabelo semakethe esingamaphesenti angama-26.2 (abagibeli abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.1, senyuke ngo-6.6% ngo-2017)
i-America esenyakatho Isabelo semakethe esingamaphesenti angama-22.6 (abagibeli abayizigidi ezingama-989.4, sikhuphuke ngo-4.8% ngo-2017)
i-Latin America Isabelo semakethe esingamaphesenti angama-6.9 (abagibeli abayizigidi ezingama-302.2, sikhuphuke ngo-5.7% ngo-2017)
Emaphakathi Mpumalanga Isabelo semakethe ngamaphesenti angu-5.1 (abagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-224.2, okuwukukhula ngo-4.0% ngo-2017)
Africa Isabelo semakethe esingu-2.1% (abagibeli abayizigidi ezingama-92, bakhuphuke ngo-5.5% ngo-2017).

The izindiza ezinhlanu eziphezulu zibalwa ngenani eliphelele lamakhilomitha abagibeli abandisiwe, abe:

I-American Airlines (330.6 billion)
I-Delta Air Lines (izigidigidi ezingama-330)
I-United Airlines (329.6 billion)
I-Emirates (302.3 billion)
I-Southwest Airlines (214.6 billion)

Abahlanu abaphezulu amapheya esikhumulo sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe/esifunda** zonke bezingaphakathi kwesifunda sase-Asia-Pacific futhi kulo nyaka:

I-Hong Kong - Taipei Taoyuan (izigidi ezingu-5.4, zehle ngo-0.4% kusukela ngo-2017)
I-Bangkok Suvarnabhumi - Hong Kong (izigidi ezingu-3.4, inyuke ngo-8.8% kusukela ngo-2017)
I-Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta - Singapore Changi (izigidi ezingu-3.2, yehle ngo-3.3% kusukela ngo-2017)
I-Seoul-Incheon - Osaka-Kansai (izigidi ezingu-2.9, ukwanda kwe-16.5% kusukela ngo-2017)
I-Kuala Lumpur-International - Singapore Changi (izigidi ezingu-2.8, ikhuphuke ngo-2.1% kusukela ngo-2017)

Abahlanu abaphezulu isikhumulo sezindiza sasekhaya sabagibelinazo zonke zazisesifundeni sase-Asia-Pacific:

Jeju - Seoul Gimpo (14.5 million, up 7.6% ngo-2017)
I-Fukuoka - Tokyo Haneda (izigidi ezingu-7.6, inyuka ngo-0.9% kusukela ngo-2017)
I-Melbourne-Tullamarine - Sydney (izigidi ezingu-7.6, phansi ngo-2.1% kusukela ngo-2017)
I-Sapporo - Tokyo-Haneda (izigidi ezingu-7.3, yehle ngo-1.5% kusukela ngo-2017)
I-Beijing Capital - Shanghai Hongqiao (izigidi ezingu-6.4, ikhuphuke ngo-0.4% kusukela ngo-2017)

The izizwe ezinhlanu eziphezulu*** okuhambayo (imizila yamazwe ngamazwe) yile:

I-United Kingdom (izigidi ezingu-126.2, noma u-8.6% wabo bonke abagibeli)
I-United States (izigidi ezingu-111.5, noma u-7.6% wabo bonke abagibeli)
I-People's Republic of China (izigidi ezingu-97, noma u-6.6% wabo bonke abagibeli)
IJalimane (izigidi ezingama-94.3, noma u-6.4% wabo bonke abagibeli)
I-France (izigidi ezingu-59.8, noma i-4.1% yabo bonke abagibeli)

cargo

Kulandela unyaka oqine kakhulu wezi-2017, amanani ezimpahla ezithunyelwa emoyeni akhule ngesizotha ngo-2018 ngokuhambisana nenani lezohwebo lomhlaba wonke. Emhlabeni jikelele, amakhilomitha amathani wempahla kanye nemeyili (ama-FTK) akhombise ukukhula ngo-3.4% uma kuqhathaniswa nama-9.7% ngo-2017. Njengoba umthamo wenyuka ngo-5.2% ngowezi-2018, isici somthwalo wempahla sehle ngamaphesenti angu-0.8 saya ku-49.3%.

The izindiza ezinhlanu eziphezulu zibalwa ngamathani amakhilomitha ahleliwe ahamba ngempahla aye:

I-Federal Express (izigidigidi eziyi-17.5)
I-Emirates (12.7 billion)
I-Qatar Airways (izigidigidi eziyi-12.7)
I-United Parcel Service (izigidigidi eziyi-12.5)
I-Cathay Pacific Airways (izigidigidi eziyi-11.3)

Izivumelwano Zezindiza

I-Star Alliance igcine isikhundla sayo njengomfelandawonye omkhulu wezindiza ngo-2018 ngo-21.9% wesamba sethrafikhi esihleliwe (ngama-RPK), ilandelwa yi-SkyTeam (18.8%) kanye ne-oneworld (15.4%).