ICAO OPTIMISM
September 1st, 2004
KEITH NUTHALLTHE UNITED Nations agency coordinating the world's airlines has claimed the industry is finally shaking off its post-September 11 gloom and will post robust growth figures this year and onto 2006. Predictions released by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) say that global airline passenger traffic should grow by 6.2% this year and continue to expand by 5.4% in 2005 and 5.2% in 2006. It said that Asia Pacific region airlines should experience the healthiest growth rates this year worldwide, up 8.5% because of "a quick recovery from ...
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