THE

ECONOMY

AIRPLANE'S
IMPACT ON
THE GLOBE
How did the invention of the airplane affect travel and global
connection today?

IMPACT ON IMPACT ON IMPACT ON

SPEED AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
EFFICIENCY ECONOMY
New York: 8 hrs

3.5% of the world’s

GDP is supported by
the airplane industry
MANHATTAN

New York: 2 hrs

Airplanes cause 1.9 times
more climate change
than cars

11% of the CO2 emitted

by transportation is
caused by airplanes

Airplane: 20 - 900
passengers

Has provided
Car: 2 - 8
passengers
PUSH YOURSELF TO THE LIMIT

over 11.8
million jobs.

1990
California

2004
CO2 emissions
MANHATTAN

MANHATTAN

Airplane’s Car’s
cruising record have doubled
speed: speed:
California has the most
jobs related to the
aviation industry, With
since 1990 to
620 mph 270mph 139,000 jobs related to do
with airplanes.
2004

The airplane has affected travel and global

connection today in many ways. It has made
traveling long distances super fast, and helped
more people at a time move around. The airplane
has also added or been a big part of the economy.
It created a huge amount of jobs and created a lot
of money. And finally the airplane also affected
the environment. The airplane contributed large
amounts of CO2 into the air damaging it. So to
conclude, the invention of the air plane had some
negative and positive effects.