The World Ahead | Travel in 2025
The skies are getting smaller—and more dangerous
Global connectivity is suffering as air transport faces new constraints
By Leo Mirani, Asia correspondent, The Economist
Editor’s note (December 27th 2024): an Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on December 25th, killing at least 38 of the 67 people on board, was reportedly struck by Russian anti-aircraft fire after being diverted from Grozny in Chechnya.
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This article appeared in the International section of the print edition of The World Ahead 2025 under the headline “Crowded skies”
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