<p>Airlines across the world flew 3.8 billion people last year, which is an increase of 7% from 2015, the latest IATA World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) said on Monday.<br /> <br />The WATS, the yearbook of the airline industry’s performance, showed that India was ranked third in the category of carrying the most number of domestic passengers.<br /> <br />The report showed the US citizens were the world's most prevalent travelers with around 810 million passengers travelling on American passports in 2016 comprising 21% of all passengers worldwide.<br /> <br />Internationally, American citizens also took top place, comprising 9.5% of all travelers. This was followed by citizens of the UK (7.8%), Germany (6.5%), China (6.4%) and France (4.1%).<br /> <br />When it comes to domestic air travel too, the US citizens were the most prevalent travelers at 29.9% while Indians were ranked third (5.2%). China was second at (19%) while Indonesia (4.4%) was at fourth and Japan (3.5%) at fifth.<br /> <br />According to the report, airlines in the Asia-Pacific region once again carried the largest number of passengers. <br /> <br />The Asia-Pacific cornered 35% market share which is 1.3 billion, an increase of 11.3% compared to 2015. <br />Europe has 26% market share (992.4 million, up 6.1% over 2015) followed by North America 24% market share (911.5 million, up 3% over 2015). The Middle East has a market share of 5% (206.1 million, an increase of 9.1% over 2015).<br /> <br />The top five international passenger airport-pairs were almost the same as they were in 2015 and all were within the Asia-Pacific region -- Hong Kong-Taipei, Jakarta-Singapore, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi-Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur–Singapore and Hong Kong-Seoul.</p>
<p>Airlines across the world flew 3.8 billion people last year, which is an increase of 7% from 2015, the latest IATA World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) said on Monday.<br /> <br />The WATS, the yearbook of the airline industry’s performance, showed that India was ranked third in the category of carrying the most number of domestic passengers.<br /> <br />The report showed the US citizens were the world's most prevalent travelers with around 810 million passengers travelling on American passports in 2016 comprising 21% of all passengers worldwide.<br /> <br />Internationally, American citizens also took top place, comprising 9.5% of all travelers. This was followed by citizens of the UK (7.8%), Germany (6.5%), China (6.4%) and France (4.1%).<br /> <br />When it comes to domestic air travel too, the US citizens were the most prevalent travelers at 29.9% while Indians were ranked third (5.2%). China was second at (19%) while Indonesia (4.4%) was at fourth and Japan (3.5%) at fifth.<br /> <br />According to the report, airlines in the Asia-Pacific region once again carried the largest number of passengers. <br /> <br />The Asia-Pacific cornered 35% market share which is 1.3 billion, an increase of 11.3% compared to 2015. <br />Europe has 26% market share (992.4 million, up 6.1% over 2015) followed by North America 24% market share (911.5 million, up 3% over 2015). The Middle East has a market share of 5% (206.1 million, an increase of 9.1% over 2015).<br /> <br />The top five international passenger airport-pairs were almost the same as they were in 2015 and all were within the Asia-Pacific region -- Hong Kong-Taipei, Jakarta-Singapore, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi-Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur–Singapore and Hong Kong-Seoul.</p>
