The United States of America aviation industry is the largest in the world. The increasing demand for air travel has made the industry to continue to manufacture many aircrafts to meet the demand. Aviation industry aims at providing aircrafts for various airlines to allow air travel. United States aviation industry has undergone various transformations over time. Currently the United States aviation industry is the largest in the world providing aircrafts for general aviation. General aviation includes all the private and commercial civil flying. It includes private aviation, air ambulance, flight training, air charter, forest fire fighting, and traffic reporting and aerial photography.
Statistics of 2013 indicated that the United States aviation industry handled approximately 1 000,000 passengers. It handles large volumes of cargo. The geography of the United States has made air transport to become the favorable means of travel (Dobbs, 2009). In addition, the great distances between major cities in the United States favor aviation industry.
The Great Recession of 2008 and 2009 saw a decline in the aviation industry. The aviation industry has experienced consolidations because major national carriers are experiencing mergers. The United States has large and small aircraft manufacturers. Recession has made the small aircraft manufacturers to focus on serving the general aviation market particularly flight training and private aviation. The cost of producing the aircrafts has risen and it requires much research. Recent developments in the aviation industry are the introduction of global position system and avionics to small aircrafts that were initially for large airliners.
Reference
Dobbs, David A. (2009). Aviation Industry Performance: A Review of the Aviation Industry in 2008. Diane Pub Co.
