MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) – Budget carriers continued to push global air traffic to new record levels last year, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said on Wednesday. Scheduled air services carried “a new record” of 4.1 billion passengers in 2017, an increase of 7.1 percent over the previous year, ICAO said, citing preliminary data. The figure compares with six percent growth in 2016. “The sustainability of the tremendous growth in international civil air traffic is demonstrated by […]