Current Aviation World Interest
Leading social media influencer – First/Business Class
-8 million subscribers
Leading Cockpit flights influencer – Airlines
-6 million subscribers
KEY PUBLISHING GROUP Magazines
-178,000 magazine subscribers
FLYING MAGAZINE
-84,000 newsletter digital subscribers
DIE HARD AVIATION ENTHUSIASTS
-“Over 10 million die-hard subscribers”
AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY
-Cost per year – Aviation Week & Space Technology | Aviation Week Network
-1.7 million contacts- Aviation Week network About | Aviation Week Network
FLIGHT GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL
-369,000 subscribers
Source: Newsletters | FlightGlobal | Media Centre | Our brands
ACTIVE PILOTS IN THE WORLD
-333,000
Source: Airline industry – active pilots 2019-2029 | Statista
or
-351,000 (2023)
Source According to CAE, a leading supplier of flight training services, the global population of active commercial airline pilots is 351,000 in 2023.
U.S. active certificated pilots – number 1990-2020
Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 22, 2024
-692,000 total pilots in the world.
Industry Stats – Women in Aviation International (wai.org)
-584,000 pilots (Commercial and private)
Source: The global pilot shortage is a challenge to the world’s airlines | CAPA
It is widely known that there is a pilot shortage in the United States – a view seemingly supported by the figures: by 2016 there were only around 584,000 pilots in the U.S. from over 700,000 in 1990. This figure has climbed slightly in recent years though, reaching 691,700 in 2020.
Women in Aviation International
-18,000 members in 120 countries
Source Industry Stats – Women in Aviation.org
HOW IMPORTANT IS THE AVIATION INDUSTRY?
Aviation helps drive the modern world whether for business or tourism.
Air transport provides significant economic and social benefits. It facilitates tourism, trade, connectivity, generates economic growth, provides jobs, improves living standards, alleviates poverty, provides a lifeline for remote communities and enables a rapid response when disasters occur.
Air transport is a major global employer, supporting a total of 87.7 million jobs worldwide and providing 11.3 million direct jobs. Aviation enables $3.5 trillion in global GDP. If aviation were a country, it would be the 17th largest economy in the world, supporting nearly 3.5 trillion dollars in economic impact.
• 87.7 million jobs worldwide
• 58% of all tourist travel by air
• $944 billion contributed to Asia-Pacific only
• $1.1 trillion economic activity in North America
Source: ATAG Air Transport Action Group – Supporting economic & social development