Pre-Event for the Ten -Year Review of the Almaty Programme of Action
TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE FACILITATION:
THE ROLE OF AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES13 June 2013
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AIR TRANSPORT – THE FUTURE
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AIR FREIGHT - GLOBAL PERISHABLES FLOWS ARE MAINLY
SOUTH NORTH
90,000
Sources: Boeing, YDL, ITC Stats, FAO, USDA, Airports Data, Customs, Kaiser Associates, Lufthansa Consulting
30,000
320,000
80,000
Middle East Area, incl. Israel and Egypt
70,000
140,000
320,000
55,000
50,000
120,00050,000
310,000
70,000
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Reduction in cost of trade and movement of goods
Crucial for outward- oriented development strategy - access to wider markets, reduction in assembly cost and delivery of goods and services
Access to market important for export of primary, perishable products e.g. cut fl owers
Disruption through Eyjafjallajokull Volcano outbreak in Iceland in 2010 - loss of over one million fl owers a day for Kenyan farmers
TRADE
WHY IS AIR TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT?
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Direct
Indirect
Induced
Catalytic
Economic activities that would have not occurred in the absence of air transportation: Employment and
salaries of airline personnel
Fuel purchased Landing fees Employment and
salaries of airport personnel
Other similar purchases and expenditures
Economic benefits attributed to airport and airline activities: Tourism (Hotels and
Restaurants) Trade Other Retail activities
Multiplier Eff ects of direct and indirect impacts Increased employment
and salaries from secondary spending that results from direct and indirect economic impacts
The stimulation eff ect on economic activity in industries that are not directly derived from or connected to the air transport activities
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WHY IS AIR TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT?
Direct
Indirect
Induced
Catalytic
Employment
8.36 Mio
9.3 Mio
4.4 Mio
34.5 Mio
56.6 million jobs supported by aviation world wide
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WHY IS AIR TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IMPORTANT?
GDP
US$538.9 Bio
US$617.1 Bio
US$288 Bio
US$762 Bio
US$ 2.2 trillion GDP contribution
Direct
Indirect
Induced
Catalytic
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Air transport supports 35.9 mil l ion jobs and $490 bi l l ion in GDP in the developing world
Air Transport supports 1.4 mil l ion jobs and US$22 bi l l ion to small island states’ combined GPD
REGIONAL IMPACT
Asia Pacific Latin America
Africa
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