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India, Indonesia Jump Into Top 5 in Air Travel as China to Lead
Over the next two decades, an air-plane ride will no longer be the domain of those in developed economies.
08 Feb 2018, 03:10 PM IST 
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Families waiting to greet arriving passengers at Bombay International Airport in Mumbai. (Photographer: Santosh Verma/Bloomberg News)
(Bloomberg) -- Over the next two decades, an air-plane ride will no longer be the domain of those in developed economies.
Boosted by an expanding middle class, India and Indonesia will enter the ranks of the five largest, as well as the fastest growing air-passenger markets by 2036. China will post the quickest passenger growth and also overtake the U.S. as the biggest air-travel market. Turkey rounds up the top five markets that are expanding at the fastest pace.
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