China to Surpass U.S. as World’s Largest Aviation Market by 2024
- Domestic and international passengers in China to exceeed U.S.
- India to overtake the U.K. to become third-largest by 2025
China's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner delivered to China Southern Airlines in June 2013.
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China is set to overtake the U.S. to become the world’s largest aviation market by passengers by 2024 as more people take to the skies domestically and internationally, according to the International Air Transport Association.
The number of people flying to, from and within China will almost double to 927 million annually by 2025, from 487 million last year, according to forecasts from IATA made in an e-mailed statement, and reach 1.3 billion by 2035. In comparison, passengers in the U.S. will increase to 904 million by 2025, from 657 million last year, according to the predictions.