This year has been the busiest yet for airways, according to preliminary 1997 stats from the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization. There was an 8 percent increase from last year in scheduled traffic worldwide, and a 9 percent rise in international traffic. The number of air passengers worldwide neared 1.5 billion and the number of transported freight tons was 25 million, an 11 percent increase over 1996.
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This year has been the busiest yet for airways, according to preliminary 1997 stats from the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization. There was an 8 percent increase from last year in scheduled traffic worldwide, and a 9 percent rise in international traffic. The number of air passengers worldwide neared 1.5 billion and the number of transported freight tons was 25 million, an 11 percent increase over 1996.
