The number of flights performed globally by the airline industry has increased steadily since the early 2000s and reached 38.9 million in 2019. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the number of flights dropped to 18.3 million in 2020. The flight volume increased again in the following years and was forecasted to reach 38.7 million in 2024. The global airline industry The number of flights performed increased year-on-year continuously to transport both passengers and freight. The industry’s recent growth can be attributed to a combination of increasing living standards and decreasing costs of air travel. While North American and European airlines currently dominate in terms of both revenue and passengers flown, it is predicted that future growth will be highest in markets of Asia.

In 2023, the estimated number of scheduled passengers boarded by the global airline industry amounted to approximately 4.5 billion people. This represents a significant increase compared to the previous year since the pandemic started and the positive trend was forecast to continue in 2024, with the scheduled passenger volume reaching just below five billion travelers. Airline passenger traffic The number of scheduled passengers handled by the global airline industry has increased in all but one of the last decade. Scheduled passengers refer to the number of passengers who have booked a flight with a commercial airline. Excluded are passengers on charter flights, whereby an entire plane is booked by a private group. In 2023, the Asia Pacific region had the highest share of airline passenger traffic, accounting for one third of the global total.

India All Scheduled Airlines: International: Number of Flight data was reported at 18,574.000 Unit in Jan 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 18,324.000 Unit for Dec 2024. India All Scheduled Airlines: International: Number of Flight data is updated monthly, averaging 7,783.000 Unit from Apr 2001 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 281 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18,574.000 Unit in Jan 2025 and a record low of 273.000 Unit in May 2020. India All Scheduled Airlines: International: Number of Flight data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Transportation, Post and Telecom Sector – Table IN.TA019: Airline Statistics: All Scheduled Airlines.

Daily data showing UK flight numbers and rolling seven-day average, including flights to, from, and within the UK. These are official statistics in development. Source: EUROCONTROL.

India All Scheduled Airlines: Domestic: Number of Flight data was reported at 99,013.000 Unit in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 94,818.000 Unit for Nov 2024. India All Scheduled Airlines: Domestic: Number of Flight data is updated monthly, averaging 47,900.000 Unit from Apr 2001 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 285 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 99,013.000 Unit in Dec 2024 and a record low of 188.000 Unit in Apr 2020. India All Scheduled Airlines: Domestic: Number of Flight data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Transportation, Post and Telecom Sector – Table IN.TA019: Airline Statistics: All Scheduled Airlines.

China Air: Passenger Traffic: Domestic data was reported at 664.657 Person mn in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 590.516 Person mn for 2023. China Air: Passenger Traffic: Domestic data is updated yearly, averaging 95.618 Person mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2024, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 664.657 Person mn in 2024 and a record low of 0.210 Person mn in 1970. China Air: Passenger Traffic: Domestic data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Civil Aviation Administration of China. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Transportation and Storage Sector – Table CN.TI: Air: Passenger Traffic.

As a result of the continued annual growth in global air traffic passenger demand, the number of airplanes that were involved in accidents is on the increase. Although the United States is ranked among the 20 countries with the highest quality of air infrastructure, the U.S. reports the highest number of civil airliner accidents worldwide. 2020 was the year with more plane crashes victims, despite fewer flights The number of people killed in accidents involving large commercial aircraft has risen globally in 2020, even though the number of commercial flights performed last year dropped by 57 percent to 16.4 million. More than half of the total number of deaths were recorded in January 2020, when an Ukrainian plane was shot down in Iranian airspace, a tragedy that killed 176 people. The second fatal incident took place in May, when a Pakistani airliner crashed, killing 97 people. Changes in aviation safety In terms of fatal accidents, it seems that aviation safety experienced some decline on a couple of parameters. For example, there were 0.37 jet hull losses per one million flights in 2016. In 2017, passenger flights recorded the safest year in world history, with only 0.11 jet hull losses per one million flights. In 2020, the region with the highest hull loss rate was the Commonwealth of Independent States. These figures do not take into account accidents involving military, training, private, cargo and helicopter flights.

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The VSAI (Vehicle Surveillance via Aerial Imagery) Dataset is a highly versatile and expansive collection of high-resolution aerial images gathered from multiple drone platforms. Covering a diverse geographical expanse, this dataset is specifically curated to support vehicle detection tasks in various complex real-world environments. It offers a multi-view perspective of different urban and rural areas, captured under a wide range of conditions.

This unique dataset is designed for advancing object detection in aerial imagery by addressing numerous real-world challenges, such as varying camera angles, diverse flight altitudes, changing weather conditions, and fluctuating light intensities. VSAI captures imagery from different times of the day and seasons, making it an essential resource for building more robust vehicle detection models.

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Dataset Composition

The VSAI dataset contains an impressive 49,712 vehicle instances meticulously annotated using oriented bounding boxes and arbitrary quadrilateral bounding boxes. This level of precision in annotation accommodates varying object shapes and positions in aerial views, enhancing the dataset's utility for training advanced object detection algorithms. It includes annotations for:

Small Vehicles: 47,519 instances

Large Vehicles: 2,193 instances

To enhance model robustness, the dataset also includes detailed annotations of occlusion rates, helping algorithms generalize better under challenging scenarios like partial visibility caused by environmental factors or other objects.

Key Features

Diverse Capture Conditions: The images in VSAI are captured across multiple drone platforms, which vary in altitude, camera angles, and flight paths.

Complex Scenarios: The dataset spans a wide range of environments, including urban centers, rural landscapes, industrial areas, and highways, representing real-world complexities.

Varied Temporal and Weather Conditions: Images have been captured during different times of the day and under diverse weather conditions, including clear skies, overcast, rainy, and foggy environments.

High Annotation Accuracy: Vehicle instances are annotated with highly precise bounding boxes, including both oriented and arbitrary quadrilateral shapes, to reflect the true contours of vehicles as seen from an aerial perspective.

Occlusion Annotation: Objects in the dataset are also labeled with their occlusion levels, providing additional challenges for model training and improving detection performance in scenarios with partially visible vehicles.

This dataset is sourced from Kaggle.

The GRIP Campaign Reports dataset consists of various reports filed by scientists during the GRIP campaign which took place 8/15/2010 - 9/30/2010; however, several of the reports are from the planning and test flights. Reports included in this dataset contain information for the Tri Agency Mission Scientists; DC-8, Global Hawk, and WB-57 Platform Scientists; DC-8, Global Hawk, and WB-57 Flight Reports and WB-57 Flight Summary; GRIP Telecons; and TropicalGRIP Forecasts. The Tri Agency Mission Scientists reports, GRIP telecons and Forecast reports were primarily filed daily, while the Platform and Flight reports exist primarily for flight days.

The volume of air-freight transport in the United Arab Emirates was forecast to decrease between 2024 and 2029 by in total 0.02 billion ton-kilometers. This overall decrease does not happen continuously, notably not in 2026 and 2027. The volume of air-freight transport is estimated to amount to 14 billion ton-kilometers in 2029. As defined by Worldbank, air freight refers to the summated volume of freight, express and diplomatic bags carried across the various flight stages (from takeoff to the next landing). The forecast has been adjusted for the expected impact of COVID-19.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than 150 countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the volume of air-freight transport in countries like Oman and Israel.