Indonesia will grow from the 10th largest in 2017 to the 4th in 2030 , IATA said in its website here on Sunday.
It said among 10 countries with largest number of air passengers a rising trend is recorded by Indonesia in the period of 2017-2030.
In the period of 2018-2019, Indonesia rose to the 9th relegating France to the 10th largest flight market, and in 2030-2037 Indonesia will continue to rise to the 4th largest relegating Britai and Spain to the 5th and 6th respectively, it predicted.
In the 7 years period, Indonesia will remain in the 4th after China, the United States and India, it said.
IATA in its report also said in mid 2020, China would replace the United States at the top.
Meanwhile, in 2024, India would bring down Britain from the 3rd place and at that time Indonesia would be the 8th largest replacing Italy.
IATA also predicted an increase in the number of air passengers in the world, saying the number would double to 8.2 billion in 2037.
"Aviation is growing and profitable. The two fold increase in 20 years would create 100 million jobs in the world. There are two important things in the increase. First we see steady shift in air traffic to the East. Second we predict negative impact on the aviation growth if tight and restrictive protectionism is adopted," CEO of IATA Alexandre de Juniac said.
He predicted the number of air passengers would grow more than 50 percent in the Asia-Pacific region in the next 20 years.
The rapid increase will follow the sustainable economic growth and improved income of the people.
Reporting by M. Irfan Ilmie
Editing by A Saragih
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