Reports
Challenges of Growth, 2013 — Summary Report
Eurocontrol. June 2013. 36 pp. Annexes, figures, glossary.
This report is the summary volume of Eurocontrol’s fourth Challenges of Growth study, which consists of technical reports examining the effects of the economic downturn on air traffic in Europe and forecasting changes likely to be implemented in the industry by 2050 (ASW, 8/13, p. 11).
The report forecasts a resumption of economic growth and a corresponding increase in European air traffic, expected to expand to 14.4 million flights in 2035 — 50 percent more than were recorded in 2012. The report notes that the forecast represents slower growth than was forecast in the previous Challenges of Growth study, published in 2008, and that growth has b…
