INDUSTRY STATISTICS
GLOBAL ATC BY NUMBERS
The latest facts and figures from the air traic control sector
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16.1 million flights handled by the FAA in 2018 in the 29
million square miles of airspace managed by
170 electrically-propelled aircraft in
development around the world, 85 of
which are eVTOL urban air taxis
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
ABB .....................................................................................................................................95
ACAMS AS .......................................................................................................................37
ADB Safegate ............................................................................................................103
Airtopsoft a Transoft Solutions Company ............................................30
ATCA Annual .............................................................................................................105
ATC Forum ....................................................................................................................69
Atech .................................................................................................................................49
Black Box........................................................................................................................99
Cobham ..............................................................................................................................11
Collins Aerospace ...................................................................................................23
DFS Aviation Services ...........................................................................................57
the FAA
DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung.........................................................................57
Diamond Antenna & Microwave Corporation ..................................77
EIZO Corporation ..............................................................Inside Back Cover
ERA ......................................................................................................................................29
IHSE ....................................................................................................................................93
Imtradex ..........................................................................................................................89
Indra ......................................................................................................................................2
Ineco ...................................................................................................................................97
Inmarsat Aviation ....................................................................................................81
Intelcan Technosystems Inc ...........................................................................65
L3 Harris ............................................................................................................................17
Leidos .....................................................................................Outside Back Cover
Park Air Systems Ltd ............................................................................................15
Phoenix Recording Systems .........................................................................39
Rohde & Schwarz ...................................................................................................85
Reed Exhibitions ......................................................................................................69
Scioteq ............................................................................................................................53
Skyguide ..........................................................................................................................37
Skysoft ATM ................................................................................................................104
World ATM Congress .............................................................................................61
610 million passenger trips in China during 2018, a rise
of 11.5% compared to 2017. China will become
the world’s largest civil aviation market by
2025 according to IATA
11 million
flights handled in Europe
in 2018 according to
Eurocontrol, an increase
of 3.8% compared with the
year before and an all-time
record high
14,695
air traic controllers in the USA in 2018, an
increase of 1.5% compared to the year before
65.5 million jobs and
US$2.7
trillion in global economic activity supported by the
air transport industry according to the Air
Transport Action Group