Indicators by Countries (Source: World Bank)
Aircraft departures (Thousands)											Change in Aircraft departures
Country	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	country	Pcnt Change (2003-1998)
World	19,000	19,547	19,700	20,737	21,325	21,445	21,703	21,124	..	..	Zambia	63.03
United States	8,000	7,943	7,824	8,511	8,802	8,515	8,117	7,789	..	..	Bosnia and Herzegovina	61.11
Canada	306	311	318	320	312	292	1,092	1,036	..	..	Albania	51.17
China	493	470	511	548	573	841	932	946	..	..	Canada	48.28
United Kingdom	772	789	802	841	876	925	925	891	..	..	Turkmenistan	40.68
Germany	567	646	673	710	744	762	796	845	..	..	Tajikistan	40.43
France	550	668	692	749	812	778	735	696	..	..	Bahamas, The	38.11
Japan	564	573	637	662	645	640	644	639	..	..	Paraguay	34.89
Australia	371	395	378	385	383	389	537	530	..	..	Bahrain	32.33
Spain	333	370	388	414	486	518	493	519	..	..	Yemen, Rep.	26.28
Brazil	484	569	610	693	618	654	628	487	..	..	Qatar	24.61
Russian Federation	465	395	281	321	315	330	345	351	..	..	Jamaica	24.29
Italy	307	321	338	359	368	394	351	328	..	..	Uzbekistan	23.99
Mexico	223	264	292	328	290	292	279	287	..	..	Poland	23.94
India	151	183	196	181	199	217	231	264	..	..	Bhutan	23.86
Norway	280	302	305	335	321	307	270	249	..	..	Ireland	23.53
Netherlands	206	186	188	224	229	223	250	248	..	..	Kazakhstan	23.52
New Zealand	187	257	236	228	240	266	243	247	..	..	China	22.85
Korea, Rep.	..	229	208	204	227	228	239	240	..	..	Lao PDR	22.1
Ireland	95	107	123	133	146	156	177	231	..	..	Sudan	21.03
Switzerland	218	221	250	276	289	285	243	189	..	..	Czech Republic	20.88
Sweden	184	207	223	236	248	234	198	184	..	..	Romania	19.98
Colombia	195	225	235	209	200	191	180	172	..	..	Oman	19.48
Indonesia	311	195	197	135	159	172	152	156	..	..	United Arab Emirates	19.31
Malaysia	188	194	174	165	169	170	189	152	..	..	Luxembourg	18.37
South Africa	88	102	93	104	110	123	122	147	..	..	Slovenia	18.32
Belgium	165	183	213	233	226	178	134	133	..	..	Vietnam	17.03
Austria	118	121	128	127	139	134	136	128	..	..	South Africa	16.35
Portugal	81	95	98	117	113	96	112	117	..	..	Venezuela, RB	16.22
Greece	92	94	91	94	109	125	113	114	..	..	Mozambique	15.48
Saudi Arabia	101	100	101	107	109	108	109	108	..	..	Mongolia	14.73
Finland	103	113	119	121	125	129	109	107	..	..	Sao Tome and Principe	14.47
Venezuela, RB	83	73	67	130	139	181	161	106	..	..	Cameroon	12.91
Turkey	85	93	104	111	114	111	106	104	..	..	Trinidad and Tobago	12.29
Thailand	92	95	94	95	102	102	98	94	..	..	Cyprus	12.09
Argentina	..	172	145	184	168	125	101	92	..	..	Myanmar	11.91
Denmark	108	119	115	106	109	111	98	91	..	..	Australia	11.88
Hong Kong, China	195	225	235	72	79	85	91	87	..	..	Korea, Dem. Rep.	11.87
Iran, Islamic Rep.	63	83	80	76	83	87	93	85	..	..	Botswana	11.57
Chile	94	109	119	93	88	83	78	83	..	..	Kenya	11.03
Poland	36	38	38	44	52	72	70	73	..	..	Malawi	10.82
United Arab Emirates	..	39	41	44	48	51	55	70	..	..	Sri Lanka	10.65
Antigua and Barbuda	..	69	70	68	62	72	63	67	..	..	India	10.4
Singapore	57	61	62	68	71	72	72	64	..	..	Spain	10.18
Philippines	65	66	62	40	45	44	57	56	..	..	Slovak Republic	10.06
Czech Republic	27	28	30	35	40	44	47	52	..	..	Netherlands	9.66
Vietnam	28	34	30	29	29	36	43	48	..	..	Mauritius	9.65
Pakistan	70	73	69	74	64	53	42	45	..	..	Moldova	9.22
Algeria	45	50	44	36	40	49	46	44	..	..	El Salvador	8.97
Egypt, Arab Rep.	41	42	40	44	47	41	42	42	..	..	Hungary	7.96
Luxembourg	8	23	25	30	34	38	25	41	..	..	Greece	7.95
Fiji	34	87	88	57	58	63	38	39	..	..	Germany	7.86
Peru	35	43	45	37	29	35	38	36	..	..	Russian Federation	7.76
Israel	..	51	50	52	56	52	40	36	..	..	Georgia	7.72
Morocco	32	35	40	44	45	44	38	35	..	..	Tonga	6.74
Hungary	25	26	28	30	32	32	33	35	..	..	Portugal	6.35
Costa Rica	21	24	37	32	24	32	33	35	..	..	Nigeria	6.27
Ukraine	28	31	30	30	28	33	27	33	..	..	Panama	5.8
Bolivia	32	35	32	24	22	20	21	29	..	..	Croatia	5.63
Bahrain	15	14	12	21	21	21	20	29	..	..	Korea, Rep.	4.89
Oman	18	18	16	22	22	23	23	28	..	..	Malta	4.28
Ethiopia	25	28	27	25	27	28	28	27	..	..	United Kingdom	3.58
Kenya	14	20	20	25	29	25	26	27	..	..	Ukraine	3.35
Romania	17	26	15	18	23	21	18	27	..	..	Monaco	3.3
Panama	17	18	22	21	25	25	22	26	..	..	Marshall Islands	2.7
El Salvador	21	19	19	32	55	26	19	25	..	..	World	2.35
Turkmenistan	..	9	9	19	22	24	24	25	..	..	Saudi Arabia	2.32
Bahamas, The	..	9	9	31	31	29	27	25	..	..	Lebanon	2.26
Jamaica	18	12	13	21	17	24	23	24	..	..	Iran, Islamic Rep.	2.25
Qatar	15	14	12	23	27	27	31	24	..	..	Libya	2.17
Uzbekistan	..	12	12	31	30	40	23	22	..	..	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.15
Myanmar	15	15	15	11	10	10	21	21	..	..	Belarus	1.72
Croatia	5	17	17	16	17	18	19	20	..	..	Latvia	1.66
Kazakhstan	10	10	10	9	8	8	15	20	..	..	New Zealand	1.57
Tunisia	..	17	20	20	20	19	19	19	..	..	Singapore	1.17
Seychelles	17	18	19	19	19	20	22	19	..	..	Lithuania	0.34
Kuwait	..	17	19	17	18	17	19	18	..	..	France	0.2
Papua New Guinea	27	29	30	27	28	30	31	18	..	..	Austria	0.13
Trinidad and Tobago	..	12	13	21	26	28	23	18	..	..	Ethiopia	0.12
Cyprus	11	12	12	12	13	13	15	17	..	..	Japan	0.1
Slovenia	8	9	10	11	12	13	15	16	..	..	Algeria	0.08
Jordan	17	17	15	16	16	16	16	15	..	..	Thailand	0.04
Yemen, Rep.	..	7	7	8	15	15	16	15	..	..	Jordan	0
Mauritius	9	11	11	11	12	12	13	15	..	..	Turkey	-0.1
Malta	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	..	..	United States	-0.15
Monaco	13	13	13	29	32	30	15	14	..	..	Seychelles	-0.53
Ecuador	23	26	27	20	18	17	15	13	..	..	Tanzania	-0.55
Nepal	28	28	29	12	12	12	13	13	..	..	Mexico	-0.57
Sri Lanka	9	9	9	10	5	11	11	13	..	..	Italy	-1.03
Brunei	12	14	14	16	13	12	12	12	..	..	Kuwait	-1.26
Lebanon	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	..	..	Antigua and Barbuda	-1.4
Paraguay	10	4	4	8	8	8	9	11	..	..	Tunisia	-1.72
Latvia	11	8	10	9	10	10	9	10	..	..	Ghana	-1.94
Lithuania	7	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	..	..	Costa Rica	-2.22
Iceland	22	21	22	15	13	12	10	10	..	..	Azerbaijan	-3.06
Solomon Islands	11	11	11	13	12	13	13	10	..	..	Samoa	-3.13
Cameroon	4	7	7	5	6	5	10	10	..	..	Philippines	-3.17
Cape Verde	7	15	15	12	13	9	9	9	..	..	Bolivia	-3.34
Madagascar	17	17	18	19	22	19	9	9	..	..	Finland	-3.48
Azerbaijan	20	17	10	9	8	8	8	9	..	..	Solomon Islands	-4.11
Nigeria	6	6	8	8	13	9	11	9	..	..	Malaysia	-4.41
Samoa	7	1	10	11	11	12	12	9	..	..	Morocco	-4.62
Cuba	14	17	20	16	12	12	10	9	..	..	Brunei	-4.62
Estonia	5	8	11	11	9	8	8	8	..	..	Armenia	-5.48
Gabon	7	10	10	7	7	8	8	8	..	..	Sweden	-6.35
Sudan	..	6	4	8	8	8	8	8	..	..	Norway	-6.57
Mozambique	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	..	..	Peru	-6.77
Botswana	4	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	..	..	Namibia	-7.17
Mongolia	11	5	5	2	6	6	6	7	..	..	Brazil	-7.24
Tajikistan	..	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	..	..	Gabon	-7.48
Bangladesh	13	13	12	6	6	7	7	7	..	..	Indonesia	-7.52
Lao PDR	4	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	..	..	Denmark	-7.53
Syrian Arab Republic	..	11	9	11	14	14	13	7	..	..	Syrian Arab Republic	-7.94
Uruguay	..	8	10	10	11	10	8	7	..	..	Switzerland	-8.92
Slovak Republic	3	4	5	6	2	2	4	7	..	..	Estonia	-9.68
Libya	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	..	..	Colombia	-9.86
Tanzania	6	6	6	5	6	4	4	6	..	..	Burkina Faso	-10.28
Namibia	7	7	8	6	5	5	5	6	..	..	Israel	-10.6
Belarus	32	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	..	..	Uruguay	-10.91
Zambia	..	1	1	5	6	5	5	5	..	..	Suriname	-11.28
Malawi	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	..	..	Chile	-11.41
Congo, Rep.	5	10	10	6	6	5	5	5	..	..	Senegal	-12.64
Kyrgyz Republic	13	10	15	8	6	5	4	5	..	..	Pakistan	-13.3
Angola	8	7	7	5	4	4	4	5	..	..	Cape Verde	-14.04
Bosnia and Herzegovina	..	..	1	4	5	5	4	5	..	..	Argentina	-14.05
Tonga	..	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	..	..	Belgium	-14.57
Suriname	4	6	6	7	2	2	2	4	..	..	Angola	-14.66
Moldova	4	2	3	1	4	4	4	4	..	..	Bangladesh	-15.42
Zimbabwe	10	18	18	15	14	9	5	4	..	..	Papua New Guinea	-15.75
Marshall Islands	5	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	..	..	Maldives	-16.45
Armenia	..	4	5	3	4	3	3	4	..	..	Vanuatu	-17.02
Albania	..	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	..	..	Madagascar	-19.91
Maldives	4	3	6	4	6	3	3	4	..	..	Ecuador	-21.12
Ghana	3	4	4	5	5	6	4	3	..	..	Congo, Rep.	-22.47
Senegal	5	5	4	2	1	3	7	2	..	..	Cuba	-22.98
Macedonia, FYR	5	4	8	6	8	5	2	2	..	..	Nepal	-23.11
Georgia	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	..	..	Iceland	-23.28
Bhutan	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	..	..	Fiji	-23.93
Mauritania	5	5	5	4	4	2	2	2	..	..	Hong Kong, China	-28.14
Bulgaria	14	13	15	15	12	7	2	1	..	..	Uganda	-30.66
Korea, Dem. Rep.	..	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	Mauritania	-31.14
Burkina Faso	3	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	..	..	Kyrgyz Republic	-32.05
Vanuatu	..	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	..	..	Macedonia, FYR	-32.86
Sao Tome and Principe	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	Zimbabwe	-39.2
Uganda	..	1	1	3					..	..	Bulgaria	-54.23