I read a statistic in Time magazine that 30,000 lighters are confiscated every day in airports, and I'm wondering what percentage of total travelers this represents.
2006-07-07 15:11:08 · 2 answers · asked by Pete 2 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
In December 2004, the FAA published a "Plan for the Future" which states that "649 million passengers flew lat year" (which could be either 2003 or 2004). Either way, with 365 days in a year, that averages out to 1,778,082 passengers every day.
So 30,000 lighters would be confiscated from less than 2% of all the travelers.
2006-07-11 07:49:18 · answer #1 · answered by beaniehampton 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's crazy. Well, about 20% of the population smokes in North America, and it's probably much higher in other parts of the world. I would think that 30,000 lighters is probably a very small percentage of the number of people who fly every day, because most people probably know that you can't bring a lighter onboard. I'm guessing at least a few hundred thousand people fly every day, so maybe 5%?
2006-07-07 17:33:30 · answer #2 · answered by Fran33 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋