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Most flights are return trips, so that 6bn seats corresponds to 3bn potential unique people. Then there's the percentage of multi-leg trips. (For example, on my
by scrollaway 6y ago
Most flights are return trips, so that 6bn seats corresponds to 3bn potential unique people. Then there's the percentage of multi-leg trips. (For example, on my most recent Athens-Istanbul-Stockholm return trip, I alone took 6 seats total).
Finally, we have to consider the percentage of flights taken by people who fly more than once a year, which probably represents a majority of seats.
All in all, it probably still lines up with 10%. It's shockingly high to me as well…